Birchwood Cutlery vs Plastic Cutlery – What’s Better for the Planet?
Whether you love scoping on your favourite ice cream or forking a perfect mouthful of ramen, having good cutlery options is vital. And, if you prefer using disposable cutlery to help you take a break from doing the dishes, Birchwood cutlery is a way to make a greener change.
Let's admit it, while plastic cutlery can come in handy, they are not exactly an eco-friendly choice. For starters, they are made from non-renewable resources, like petroleum. The problem with petroleum is that it is an extremely scarce resource that requires a lot of additional resources to be extracted and carved into plastic disposable cutlery. Moreover, once it's time to dispose of them, their life doesn't exactly end up at the bottom of that trash can. Plastic cutlery can take years to break down. Till then, they always manage to stick around, intoxicating our ecosystem and harming the wildlife.
Plus, when it's time for them to break down, these plastic cutlery pieces further break down into microplastics and release toxins, which eventually get mixed up with the soil or ocean waves and enter our food chain.
That said, here's why our range of birchwood cutlery is a better choice and simply an easier way to make a greener impact.
Birchwood Cutlery: The Environmental Impact
To start with, our range of birchwood cutlery is made straight from sustainably sourced wood. So, while plastic cutlery is made from non-renewable resources like petroleum, this eco-friendly cutlery comes with absolutely no plastic.
Besides being made from sustainable wood, birchwood cutlery is also compostable. That said, plastic culture takes a long time to break down in our ecosystem. To be precise, some plastic-made disposable cutlery might take over 200 years to even start breaking down in the soil. So, until the time comes, these plastic pieces of trash are often disposed of in landfills or the oceans. These pieces of plastic are ingested by marine life, which eventually leads to entanglement, choking, and even death.
Plus, when they finally biodegrade, plastic cutlery often breaks down into microplastics and releases toxins in our ecosystem. In short, plastic never really goes away. These microplastics eventually get mixed with the soil or waves and end up entering our food chain.
Our nature-friendly cutlery, on the other hand, is made straight from sustainable wood. Plus, this cutlery is compostable. That said, they are designed to break down into nutrient-rich compost within just 90-180 days of disposal. The compost formed is ultra-rich in nutrients and can be added to soil as manure.
Birchwood Cutlery: A Better Alternative To Plastic Cutlery
Birchwood cutlery is more than an eco-friendly option. Besides being made from no plastic and being certified compostable, compostable cutlery from birchwood is actually stronger and sturdier than plastic cutlery.
While plastic cutlery gets soggy, mushy or even might break with slight pressure, our range of eco-friendly birchwood cutlery is here for all of it. Heat-resistant and non-soggy, this compostable disposable cutlery is perfect for on-the-go meals, evening soups, or fixing yourself a mouthful of crunchy salad.
Wrapping It Up
Our eco-friendly birchwood cutlery is made from sustainable wood and is also compostable. Unlike plastic disposable cutlery, this eco-friendly cutlery breaks down into compost within a couple of weeks, post disposal, and leaves behind nothing but goodness. Besides this, this birchwood cutlery is also stronger and durable than plastic diPriyanka Aeronsposable cutlery.