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| Dinner & Side Plate, Bowls and Tumbler (blue colour was not available at the store I was at) |
Like many other people I know they love the convenience or safety of having disposable plates for outdoor eating but feel slightly guilty about the environmental damage that they cause.
I was wandering through The Real Canadian Superstore the other day and came across a PC Eco Living line. It was somewhat sandwiched between all the other table setting and greatly reduced, so I am not sure if this is a line they will always carry, if it is seasonal or a discontinued line that didn't sell as well as expected. The line consisted of two plate sizes, tumblers, bowls and a serving bowl, all coming in a tan and off white. (Although I did find the above picture showing the off white and blue, so I am not sure if blue is available at other locations) I purchased the dinner and side plates and we tried them out.
They were sturdy enough that you can use them as you would a regular plate (cut meat on them, put hot items on them), without having to worry about your kitchen tableware dropping and leaving your deck covered with glass. They are dishwasher friendly, and came out looking like new. They are biodegradable and made 70% out of cornstarch, so when you are done using them in less than a year of entering a landfill or compost they will have biodegraded. The down side was that they have a slight odor to them, similar to corn starch and they don't go in the microwave (but no one should be microwaving plastics anyways, but we can get to that another day).
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