Single-Use Plastic Cutlery: Boon or Bane

Plastic Cutlery: Boon or Bane - Plastic, when it was first discovered and introduced as an everyday usage item, was a breakthrough in itself. People gravitated towards using plastic in everything that was being produced, from gadgets to crockery and cutlery, because the plastic was cheap to make, easy to mould and in some cases, challenging to destroy. While on the face of it all, this seemed like a relatively good thing for the environment, what people completely forgot to consider was how plastic is not a naturally biodegradable substance. Our resilience to use plastic as a material in almost every regular-use product has not made it one of the most significant environmental damages of our times.

One such example of our times is plastic cutlery. How often do we pop in for anything from a burger to a rice bowl to brownies only to be met with some kind of plastic, either as the wrapping, like cutlery, or the packaging facing us? We need to move away from this phenomenon almost instantly and collectively if the planet and its future generations are to have any hope of survival.

Cutlery gets consumed dime a dozen, especially in fast food joints and smaller food stalls worldwide. India is a massive contributor to this mess and accounts for almost 9.46 million tonnes of plastic waste yearly. The alternative is to use biodegradable material, which is also easy to grow and sustain. One such material is sugarcane bagasse, used by Quit Plastic Eco-Friendly Tableware to produce an extensive range of sustainable tableware that can be used at home and in social functions. The Sugarcane Bagasse Material used to make them is structurally solid and will not lose its structure or get soaked/melted quickly. It is freezer-safe and can be heated in microwaves as well. Check our Eco-friendly Compostable Range of Plates, Bowls, Cups, Glasses, Containers, etc on www.quitplastic.in