Whenever I have something to pound I go get my husband’s rubber mallet out of his tool box and use that. (with a layer of plastic wrap or something between the dirty hammer and the clean food, of course)

Ironically, clear plastic egg cartons are recyclable, while cardboard ones are not.

Whole Foods announces it will stop offering plastic bags by Earth Day.

stella, look for recycling if you are inundated with plastic bags. Or reuse those plastic bags for something else. What you are currently doing is great. Keep going! One stae at a time, Cay

Not any of the ones I’ve used – and it’s sold in plastic jugs, after all. I hope when you “toss” the bottles it’s into the recycling bin!

I hear you Karen :) DH loves plastic wrap (and ziploc bags...landfill fodder), where I’d rather use a ziploc container(recyclable) for storage or glass/ceramic in the mic. Although to his credit he has started using the...

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1. We recycle all our newspaper printed with colored ink, keeping the black & white pages for the compost bin. 2. We recycle all plastic containers with type 1 (PETE) and type 2 (HDPE) designations: some plastic bags, detergent...

I was at a dinner this evening where someone brought a bottle of Mommessin Beaujolais Nouveau in a plastic 750ml bottle. A little googling seems to suggest that the material is 100% recyclable, are supposedly not permeable to...

"NATURE WORKS PLA (sic) COMPOSTABLE" Anyone familiar with this? Do they really mean compostable, not recyclable? NO recycle symbol. If it’s plastic, and compostable, do we really want this is our compost stream? Anyone?

Got this topic on the wrong board originally, but did get an answer there. Yes, there is compostable plastic being produced and it reads “compostable” on the back side; there are no recycle symbols. So don’t put...

. As for the environmental impact, the packaging is usually #6, which is recyclable where I live. The standard tear-off plastic bags for unpackaged produce are not recyclable in my locality.

and picnics, because I can’t stand subjecting my guests or myself to flimsy, barely functional cutlery. There’s no recycle symbol to be found on the plastic... Does anyone have any suggestions for what I can do with...

I have a stack of old of plastic cutting boards that I’ve been saving to do something with. I just can’t figure out what. Any creative ideas? Are these recyclable (my town will only take 1 and 2 plastic). I feel badly...

It’s true and I don’t know why either. So I always always transfer all my bulk purchases to recycled glass jars for storage. Not only less gross, but also easier to identify the contents (if you remember to label them...