An article over at Groovy Green (the sidebar, folks, it’s all about the sidebar) caught my eye with the catchy headline “How Starbucks Could Have Saved the World“. It’s about disposible coffee cups and incentives not to use them. While discounts for reusing mugs and encouraging people to drink from real cups while in the store are nice gestures, what we really need are some superstar style mavens to declare reusable “in” and disposible “out”. A friend and I were discussing the other day that while it’s one thing to refuse a plastic bag at the deli and tuck your groceries into a Brooklyn-chic tote, it’s another thing entirely to carry your own tupperware to avoid take-out packaging.
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at 4:41 pm |
I don’t think it’s that weird…. we often take tupperware lunch boxes with us when we go out to dinner at restaurants that we do way too huge portions. They’re going to end up packing 1/2 the meal in a take-out container anyways, so it’s no big deal to just bring our own containers 🙂
(nice blog btw, I just found it today via greatgreengoods )
Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at 4:49 pm |
Thanks for stopping by! I don’t think it’s weird to bring tupperware, so much as it requires some foresight and more committment than refusing a plastic bag. I’m glad to hear you’re out there breaking the stigma and saving the left overs!