Got Aloha for a Teacher?
A solid effort so far, and mostly good results!
The GOOD: I just purchased a Starbucks pannini for a much needed take out lunch for my partner, who didn't pack his lunch like I did, on this day when we needed to work through. The sandwich had minimal plastic wrapping, and a recycled cardboard package. Bravo Starbucks. I wrote the corporate offices and thanked them for their increasingly greener packaging.
We've been using our plastic bottles and cups. Plastic bottle use this week = zero.
The BAD: I am sad that my two favorite lunch places near Ward Center, Kakaako Kitchen and Pa'ina Cafe, both serve all their food in plastic containers. I'll be brown bagging it more, but I miss my brown rice Poke Bowl! I need to write both companies and ask them to offer a paper plate option. Or what if I bring my own paper bowl?
The MIXED:
I had to go to the Office Supply store and actually found a USB flash drive almost entirely packaged in cardboard. I was so happy that I then absently picked up some sponges on sale, and didn't even realize it until after I left that the sponges were needlessly wrapped in plastic. Total autopilot on my account. I won't buy these sponges again. But I did write to Lexar corporation and thanked them for using environmentally friendlier packaging.
Off to the farmer's market for some locally grown food, in my own shopping bags!
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Thanks for making this commitment! It is such an interesting exercise and a good lesson to think about the waste we generate on a daily basis!
You should log-in and put your journey on Fake Plastic Fish's Show Your Plastic Challenge: http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/
Great website...thanks for the referral...lots of cool ideas here...st
I love Kaka'ako Kitchen too... and I think their containers are actually either recycled or compostable, despite the plasticky appearance. They are part of a push to eliminate styrofoam waste, if I remember correctly.
Hey, thanks for telling me about Kaka‘ako kitchen's efforts to be green! I looked on their website, and indeed they have an article posted from 8/2009 that says the following:
"This summer, Kaka'ako Kitchen started switching from foam containers to plates that are biodegradable and can be recycled, switched from foam cups to cardboard cups and found an ecofriendly replacement for the nearly 4,000 plastic bags used each month, Bal said. "We changed our plastic bags to ones that break down completely," he said. "Those guys will break down into compost, and that's just beautiful."
The switch increased prices by an average of 4 cents per meal.
Hooray! I can have my Seared Ahi Chopped Salad again!