In a previous posting HERE I reported on the massive quantity of plastic waste at Costco from the plastic forks used for samples offered to customers. I emailed Costco management about this and suggested they find an alternative such as corn-based utensils that are available; these dissolve in the ground.  Costco did not reply to my email. That was ... unfortunate. Now I am asking my readings to contact Coscto (the email address is below) and ask them to switch from plastic to corn-based alternatives. See the picture above for more on that.  My wife and I took a trip to St. Helena to the V. Sattui Winery that we enjoy visiting for a lunch and wine in the peaceful setting, and the products they offered were recycled paper and corn-based forks and knives. How difficult can it be for Costco to do the same?  The picture is not a vineyard drive thru wine tasting in progress; Sattui uses all the space available for parking as the place is quite popular and parking is at a premium. If you are interested in learning more about Sattui, click HERE. They have a wonderful deli, fun tasting room, outstanding barbeque and it is generally a fun experience. Of course, bring money as you will be buying wine after you get done, but you won't feel badly about it. Contact Costco management about getting with the corn-based utensils HERE  This is Costco CEO Jim Sinegal, in case you were interested. Muriel Cooper MisterWriter |
Saturday, June 6, 2009
A PUBLIC MESSAGE TO COSTCO - STOP WASTING PLASTIC - HOW ABOUT USING SOME POTATO-BASED UTENSILS!
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This is good. Ultimately, it comes down to the consumer pushing for these changes.
By the way, I like Sattui Winery too. My husband and I are long overdue for an outing without Ava.
If I remember correctly, many children also picnic on the ground of the winery, don't they? Of course it's not quite the same with toddlers!
Also thinking. The information was printed on recycled paper, but was it printed using soy-based inks? I forget what the environmental friendly inks are called these days. In the 90s, we used soy-based inks in printing.
I agree it is important that big box stores start trying to not waste all this plastic. I for example will never buy any apples in these horrible plastic shells. The amount of oil used to manufacture this must be mind boggling.
Keep up the good work and I too like Satui for its picnic grounds. Their wine is okay but the deli and the setting is simply fantastic.
We love Sattui wines, and we usually picnic there, when in wine country.
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