Parties at home are fun. But the load of cleaning party dishes compels us to shift to disposable cutlery. And the sad part is, these disposable cutleries might take away the load from you, but is a forever burden on the planet.
You can continue organising parties, but just don’t go for disposable cutlery. As to deal with your woes, there are several initiatives that rent cutlery. And yes, no washing or cleaning; they themselves will deal with this.
Rishita Sharma and Lakshmi Sankaran launched this initiative in 2016 to reduce disposable tableware waste. They have saved more than 5k disposables from ending up in landfills. To maintain proper hygiene, the cutlery is cleaned and sanitised with bio-enzyme.
The bank provides steel plates, glasses, bowls, and spoons. The charge for each set is 15 rupees only.
Other initivates in Bangalore- SpillSavers, ReUse CutleryBank
Contact: Facebook, +91 95911-95277
Presence: Bangalore ( Whitefield, Sarjapur, JP Nagar, Jayanagar,Malleshwaram, RMV Dollors colony, Bannerghatta Road and nearby areas)
Founded by P.Natrajan, Namma Ooru Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation working to provide a sustainable solution for waste management. They provide a stock of 200 units each of tiffin plates, spoons, cups, and tumblers. They too charge a nominal fee for tableware rental. You can also donate on their website.
Contact: Website, Facebook, +91 73388-82664
Presence: Chennai
Crockery Bank, founded by Sameera Satija, allows you to rent steel crockery for free. This is a not-for-profit initiative started to reduce plastic waste. Under this initiative, more than 558,000 disposables have been prevented from entering landfills.
Contact: Facebook, +91 98103-11811, +91 99539-75073
Presence: Gurgaon, Ahmedabad, Vadodara
Another initiative that’s offering steel cutlery to avoid disposable waste entering landfills. You can rent plates, spoons, bowl and tumblers.
Contact: Facebook, 86050-14087
Presence: Pune
Started by Archana Garg, a teacher in Indirapuram, Ghaziabad, this initiative helps to rent out reusable dinnerware for small events at home and offices in Indurpuram. They also provide cutlery at no charge. This initiative has saved more than 25,000 disposables from ending up in landfills.
Contact: Website, Facebook, +1 858-809-1448
Presence:Ghaziabad
These initiatives are trying their best to prevent plastic waste from accumulating in landfills. But for a country like India, we need many such efforts to make a major impact.
If your residential area has not been covered by these initiatives, then also you can have an eco-friendly party. Instead of cutlery rental, you can go for compostable, eco-friendly tableware.
And yes, don’t forget to donate the excess food. See this list for organisations helping to make your food reach to the ones in need.
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