Maybe one of you guys might know who to give a heads up to, coz I don't know.
Kei and I had lunch at Food Choices at Gateway earlier. We noticed that most of the shops served their food on STYRO. We hadn't been there for months, so we decided to go for a safe choice: Jumbo Japs. We saw right away that they had stacks of styro bowls, which they handed to us for our rice. We asked for plates instead --- they gave us styro plates. Kei asked for a spoon and a fork and they gave us plastic spoons and forks. We asked if they had stainless steel utensils, but they said that they didn't. We were surprised.
We hadn't started eating yet when we noticed that some other shops also served their food on styro plates and bowls.
After eating, we walked around and saw that most of the shops had stacks of styro plates and bowls.
Was it a policy of Food Choices? Were they trying to save water and were willing to splurge on plastic instead?
Wasn't it only around 3 years ago when Gary Granada was heading a movement for McDonald's to reduce their styro usage?
Not that I've turned environmental activist, but I REALLY HATE EATING ON STYRO and I REALLY HATE PLASTIC SPOONS AND FORKS.
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P.S. I cringe at the sight of the website GaryGranada.com, but I was curious about what he has to say when I saw a link to an article "How come some songs in this site are freely downloadable?" and I found it witty when he said at the end of it, "So why are the mp3s in this site accessible and some even downloadable for free? No, they’re not. We're just charging zero pesos."
Can I just say…
9 months ago
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Petroleum based products on our food, I've read, can give cancer or worse when exposed to extremes of temperature. A water bottle left in the heat in the car might release dioxins into the water it holds. A coke bottle in a freezer might do the same.
Your post has left me thinking: maybe I should bring my own utensils to these places. I have a few pairs of metal chopsticks that are easy to carry around and easier to clean. Hmmmmmmmmmm. The plates might be a problem, though.
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