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Let’s take a look at the dairy section of your store. This is usually where you will find eggs. And a lot of times that means Styrofoam (polystyrene, plastic #6) cartons. The thing with Styrofoam is that it is one of the hardest plastics to recycle. Most of the time you cannot put it in your curbside bin. And if dumped in the landfill it could take thousands of years, or might never break down. I don’t know about you, but that is not something I am comfortable supporting! You can read more here: https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/styrofoam-a-practical-and-problematic-creation
Today’s challenge: Choose a brand of eggs that is in a cardboard carton. These can be easily recycled. If you don’t have the option, you can request that your grocer order them for you. I take this a step further and reuse my cardboard egg cartons. I am lucky enough to have a grocery co-op nearby that sells bulk eggs. This is a way that I can get a discount on organic eggs and also save something that is usually considered a single use item. Now I add these cartons to my grocery store kit every week too!
Cardboard egg cartons reused weekly to purchase bulk eggs
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