MORE LASTING THAN...WELL, MAYBE NOT 'BRONZE'....BUT PAPER PLATES, IF NOT 'PLASTIC'......





I am so adverse to the mass usage of 'disposable' plasticware, that...for years....I carried my own personal silver, in a fitted leather box.........I recently gave this set to a good friend, who had been enamored for decades with it......Now, he is the one that gets teased by his friends for this 'seeming' affectation......which is really not only practical and aesthetic, but enables the partial avoidance of disposable plastics........For a while, Trader Joe's gave a 'discount' to those who brought their own grocery bags......but due to their clients' expressing disapproval......has become like other 'grocers'.......encouraging the wasting of paper products.......the 'tipping point' for this practice of wasting paper and plastic was reached some time ago....and this ecologically unsound practice has become a part of our, and much of the rest of the 'civilized' world's Cultural Mindset........I am currently making every effort to avoid the utilization of 'Futurewaste' such as bottled water and 'take out' product containers.......plastic bags, paper cartons and bottled beverages......This is a real challenge!


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