Green idea! Avoid Styrofoam - Keep reusable containers in your car.
I hate styrofoam.
It melts down and becomes a toxic mess in the microwave. On occasions when it comes in contact with your hot food (think take-out Chinese) it leaves an unappealing odor, poison-like flavor and plasticky texture on your meal. It doesn’t recycle. It takes up too much room in the trash.
I’ve been cooking at home a lot more lately, and so naturally I haven’t been seeing as much styrofoam in my life. However, almost any time I do go out, I’ll take leftovers, and most leftovers wind up traveling in those flat white styrofoam vessels of doom.
Well, I’ve had it with styrofoam almost as badly as I’ve had it with the ubiquitous plastic that finds its way into almost everything. I’ve decided my future move will be to keep reusable food containers in my car. I already keep a handful of canvas grocery bags in there for whatever impromptu shopping may crop up. What’s another cubic half-foot of space if it means keeping styrofoam out of my house?
I can’t keep styrofoam out of my printer, computer, tv, or other appliance boxes (though I can use my existing appliances until they no longer serve me, and I can try to find deals on used ones instead of buying new). I can hope that packages I get in the mail will be packed with the corn starch peanuts instead of real styrofoam. And there’s nothing I can do about the styrofoam containers from the occasional lunch ordered out (though again, I can try to avoid doing this as a general rule.)
But keeping containers in my car is a simple, EASY way to avoid the evil white stuff. Why wouldn’t I?