Green it!

The next time you consider asking for a doggie bag, ask your server what the containers are made of. Some restaurants around town, including Nice Café in the Casbah Market, 803 Massachusetts Street, offer environmentally friendly ways to take home leftover food.

Casey Millstein, co-owner of Nice Café and 2008 graduate, says the café offers corn plastic biodegradable take-out containers. The containers are made of all-natural materials and can be composted. Toss them in a compost pile, Millstein says, and in about nine months, they’re gone.

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Dinner tonight, lunch tomorrow: Ask your servers if eco-friendly options are available for leftovers, or bring your own to the restaurant.

The containers are available, even in small quantities, from World Centric (www.worldcentric.org). World Centric is based in California, though, so shipping on the products can be pricey, Millstein says.

Biocompostable containers aren’t the only eco-friendly way to save your food. Consider stashing a Ziploc bag or other washable container in your bag the next time you go out to eat. Many restaurants will also honor requests for aluminum foil to wrap leftovers. Then the foil can be rinsed and recycled.

 

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