My husband and I mostly eat off paper plates and use a lot of plastic silverware. What do you use?

We use glass plates and silverware most of the time and usually hand wash after each use unless we're just having a quick sandwich then we'll use paper plates.
 

During my last move, it took 8 weeks for my household stuff to arrive, so in the interim, I lived off of mostly plastic and paper plates/bowls and plastic utensils. Now, not so much. I don't see that it's a big deal as long as you recycle, which I do. Hand wash vs dishwasher wash is often debated, and I do some of both. I will say the dishwasher does a better job. Sometimes my hand wash items look like Ken's Coldwater did them... :eek:
 
The thing is,paper plates (or any recyclable items) cannot be recycled if they have food on them. So you have to wash them before recycling anyway,so what`s the point?
 

agree with falcon -nt a good thing to use plastic at all ---- and paper plates not very appertising i say ' sounds like prison cuttlery lol...
cannot see why the object of it - not doing the world any favours in my eyes …….Urrrgh'
 
Aneeda72 said:
There are only two of us so we stick to paper and plastic. I don't use a dishwasher, but hand wash. Still, it is a waste of water. Cereal bowls are about the only thing he uses that is non paper. I use a red cup for my cereal when I have it.
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As long time environmentalists, DW and I do not have a dishwasher either. But the debate about using paper products that get tossed versus using clean water to wash dishes never ends. I don't know if you care or not, but it takes far more water to make paper than to wash dishes. So, what most people don't know is that it's a huge use of clean water to make those paper plates, but very little water, if washing by hand, to clean them. And, you're not creating more demand for trees (pulp) by purchasing plastic or ceramic dishes that are good for decades.
End of lecture.............
 
For me, this topic and many others is all about making concessions/choices as I get older.

As I stated above I'm a dish user and hand washer but as I get older I can see myself using more and more disposable products. In fact, it has already begun with several single-serving food products that I use. If using disposables means that I can maintain my independence and delay a move to an assisted living facility I will make the switch in an effort to buy me a little more time on my own.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that we are all in a different place on the same journey.
 
And I agree with Aunt Bea. While I could do without the plastic silverware, my husband does not want too. I never owed a "good set" of dishes. I owned cheap dishes, made of, lol, plastic. At times we were so poor it's a wonder we didn't use a wooden plank.

As my husband drops a lot of things, my not paper dishes are still plastic.

This is a really interesting discussion and I thank everyone for their replies.
 
I use regular dishes and flatware. I have a dishwasher and run it about once a week. I just do not like eating off paper plates, and plastic flatware is just too flimsy.
 

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