OK. So you order take-out. And you run home with it. You spread out your banquet on the kitchen counter and dish it out. Then you eat it. Then what? Oh, that’s right. You bundle up all the plastic that came with and toss it in the trash.
When you throw something away, where is “away”?
A landfill, that’s where. And plastic is forever.
Well, now someone is doing something about that.
Bakey's Food from Hyderabad, India, has started making edible spoons. They’re sturdy enough to stand up to soup and come in a variety of flavors from sweet to savory—lemon, for instance. And garlic. Ginger. Mint.
The company’s aim is to keep plastic out of landfills and away from water sources.
The spoons are made from rice and wheat and millet. The primary ingredient is sorghum which is made from millet. What’s special about millet? It uses far less water than other grains. Rice consumes 5,000 liters of water for every kilogram of mature grain. Millet, otoh, consumes about 3,500 liters and can be cultivated in semi-arid climes. And it’s nutritious—it’s far higher in iron, fiber and folate [vitamin B9 – used in making and repairing DNA] than any other grain. So—when you’ve finished your meal, be sure and eat your spoon, k?
The company is planning on adding forks and chopsticks to its repertoire in the near future.