Chico, Sustainable

My wife and I turn heads at restaurants whenever we dutifully set our own empty food containers beside us in anticipation of being served more than we can eat in one sitting. Many restaurant patrons apparently think it is strange, and perhaps a bit "uncultured," to be dining away with a Tupperware container at the ready. Yet those same folks don't give a second thought to accepting a styrofoam container at the end of the meal, which usually leaks (especially if it is Asian food), so it in turn is placed into a plastic bag. Less then 24 hours later, the leftovers are eaten and both the bag and the styrofoam end up in the garbage can, destined for the landfill.

I encourage folks to join us in turning heads by bringing your own empty container of choice for your leftovers. I promise to share some of my leftover pad thai.