9 Sustainable Alternatives To Common Household Items

We take a look at some practical, environmentally friendly alternatives to everyday household products. These include edible plates and cups and shaving-cream pods. Some of these options have plastic-free or biodegradable packaging, replace single-use items, and more.

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9 Sustainable Alternatives To Common Household Items

[Man-ezvy]

I’d rather buy a full set of cups that’s I’d use over and over than have to buy a pack of edible cups every 1-2 weeks for probably 15-20$

[bloodliriel]

Nice how the swab was cleaned with a tissue 😂

[sam_vedya]

I am from South India and we do use the leaf plates for every single occasion and my grandmother makes them too

[sagrenreddy]

What is the shrink wrap, used to wrap the plates made from leaves, made of?

[dgmangold]

7...bar of saop. Grandma was such an environmentalist.

[starflower]

I know these are Environmental friendly products but how well do they exactly Perform in real life and the Quality of them. They make you think the area clean but really is it?

[glorygloryholeallelujah]

I feel like some of these companies missed the point of the assignment...because the basic job of a plate (particularly in the modern era) is to contain and keep the food you’re about eat, from touching unsanitary surfaces.
So if you just turn around and eat the plate that has been sitting on the unsanitary surface—why not just cut out the middleman and slap the food directly on the table? Go clambake style, sans tablecloth. *”Voilà! Presto-Eco!* 😆🤷‍♀️

[Apollo_Dionysus_Hermes]

Incredible! These are genius, it would be a WORLD saver if more.people started using this stuff!

[deathsson]

I feel like this belongs on Science Insider not the art one

[fancyfrog]

Isn’t edible cups the opposite of sustainable since they’re one use instead of a glass cup which you can use for basically forever

[kaitlynnsylvester]

... yet if I order any of these its gonna come in plastic and cardboard-

[lucifer-mahiravana-iblessa]

That lastone, Machine made Vistarakku...from my town SIDDIPET, Telangana, INDIA

[simont]

y'all really have an odd idea of what counts as art...

[epowell]

I wonder how sustainable along the entire line of production these are. Specifically, I'm curious abou the bran plates: all the crop land needed, the fertilizer and pesticides, diesel for the tractor plowing/ combine harvesting/ truck transporting, then the actual making. So many "green" ideas fail because they actually cost us more.

[MrEazyE]

Can't you just put coffee grounds in a compost heap? Seems like a waste to use all that energy to make them into cups.

[ashnita]

When I was young we use to eat on those leaf plates during picnics or celebrations. Now its very difficult to find.

[sifi]

As someone with Celiac Disease, wheat bran plates terrify me. I can't use many paper food products, biodegradable utensils, eco friendly eatingware, compostable containers, or edible products.

I wish companies would only stick to allergy-friendly sources like rice, corn, and potato. The leaf plates look okay, but things made of wheat, barley, and rye are a no-go for people with Celiac Disease, Wheat Allergy, or Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity.

[everybodydripfrog]

Honestly if I had edible plates and cups I would just eat them instead of put food on them then eat the food

[Kathy]

Wonder what the plates taste like . They look like pressed dirt.

[asiartandcraft]

this is something much needed in my country as we love plastic so much that when our government banned plastic bags people protest on streets as they can't carry their own bags while going to shopping