Online - August 02, 2005

Bamboo-zled

Bambu Veneerware

The reduce, reuse, recycle routine has been hard on you.

Rinsing out your snack baggies feels a bit, er, unsanitary. You’re still pondering the whole where-to-put-the-used-pizza-box conundrum.

But your biggest challenge to date: How to have a house party without paper plates and plastic forks?

Bambu Veneerware — disposable trays, plates, and utensils made from 100 percent organically grown bamboo. Though they’re durable enough to handle hot, soggy, heavy foods, they decompose in four to six months once they are tossed.

And you don’t need to feel bad about not campaigning to save this tree: It’s considered by green thumbs to be a highly renewable resource and is the fastest growing hardwood on the planet. Plus, the light blonde wood and the variegated grain make the plates so pretty you won’t want to throw them out.

See? You’re learning already.

Available online at plumparty.com.