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Originally Posted by KaptKaos
Here's a question:
Which is more environmentally friendly?
1) Using paper plates made from recycled paper that are then recycled?
2) Using regular dishes (ceramic, glass, etc..) and running them through a dishwasher daily.
I have no answer to this, just curious.
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I was curious too...
Stanford sez:
150 uses of ceramic plates pays off their carbon debt (which is only one aspect of env'l friendliness)
Stanford Magazine - Green Dinner Parties: Nitty-gritty - January/February 2011
Here is an article that cites to an actual scientific journal:
Hey Mr. Green: What's Greener: Throwaway or Reusable?
If you live in a big forest (PNW) next to a pulp mill & paper plate manf. plant, answers could differ. But that is a real wet area. I guess the test would be a semi-desert in a big forest (Ponderosa Pine?) next to a pulp mill & paper plate manf. plant...