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The unique holder for this utensil set has been produced by CONSERVE, an NGO project in Delhi. It is made entirely of recycled plastic! CONSERVE employs ragpickers to collect discarded plastic bags and repurposes them into incredible designs and products. And the Newsprint style actually contains recycled newspaper as well -- you may get a scandalous headline from the gossip pages embedded in your wrap . . .This To-Go Ware Utensil set is a toolkit to help you reduce your ecological footprint and keep you connected to the world. Enjoy eating with natural utensils made of bamboo, a highly durable and sustainable resource that can be grown and harvested sustainably. "Throwaway" plastic cutlery feeds the landfill and is harmful to the environment. By purchasing this set you have helped to employ an incredible group of individuals and made a positive impact to our global community.
Why We Like This
Not only are the bamboo utensils a safe and sustainable alternative to plastic, these sets are the work of many people, employeed to create recycled cases out of scraps of discarded plastic. Buying these sets preserves jobs and adds to the economy of New Delhi. At dawn every day employees deliver plastic shopping bags they’ve collected off the streets of New Delhi to the CONSERVE headquarters. The handles and bottoms of the plastic bags are snipped away and the open sheets washed with detergent on a cemented buffalo water trough. They are hung to dry on a clothesline and then layered together and pressed to make sheets that are designed, cut and stitched to make amazing, durable, environmentally friendly, recycled plastic utensil covers. |
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