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Plastic Utensils

Rethink:

Plastic utensils are used for minutes but take hundreds of years to decompose. They are trash, not recyclable. Keep a reusable set on hand instead (Google “bamboo utensils.”)

At gatherings, use washable utensils. The BI Zero Waste Tableware Lending Library has hundreds of pieces of silverware, among other tableware, that you may borrow free of charge.

Reuse:

> The Buy Nothing mobile app enables you to freely offer your unwanted items to your neighbors on Bainbridge Island and beyond.

> The Craigslist mobile app and website enable you to give away stuff under their For Sale > Free Stuff category

> Facebook has numerous groups for giving away things to your Bainbridge Island neighbors, including:

—Bainbridge Freely Given

—Buy Nothing Bainbridge North, WA

—Buy Nothing Bainbridge Central, WA

—Buy Nothing Bainbridge South, WA

—Free On Bainbridge

—Free On The Rock

> The Freecycle website

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