Do you eat from paper plates at home?

Never! Paper plates are expensive!

Originally Posted by Rhiannon

Never! Paper plates are expensive!

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Really? I can get a stack of 100 + at the dollar store, for only $1!

I chose never in a million years. To me thats weird

No paper plates. However, I tend to cook in bulk (4 servings). I eat one serving and freeze 3 in individual portions. I use those Ziploc plastic freezer containers, so I tend to eat out of those a great deal (microwave and serve). As I use them, they get washed and put into a stack on my dishwasher in preparation of the next time I cook and need to freeze 3 meals of food. They are more convenient to access than the dishes in the upper cupboards, so when I need a bowl for cereal or mixing something, I tend to grab one of those plastic containers and eat from that.

I think paper plates are wasteful and only contribute to the landfill and environment problems. I can see using them once in a while for a huge outdoor party or something, but not just out of laziness because you don't feel like doing dishes one day.

I cliked "Other".

I use them every day.

It is something I have never done! I hate dishes too, but I just wouldn't eat from a paper plate - I think it would be so strange!

Of course we do - usually when bbq'ing, but sometimes we'll use them when we have a lot of people over - we only have a serving of 8 plates for company.

Why would someone NOT use paper plates at home?

Yes, so we don't dirty so many dishes or for a barbecue or a picnic we use paper plates. I usually use them for stuff that a paper plate can hold like bagels and cream cheese, chips, nachos, stuff like that.

Almost never. If we have a large number of people for party, especially if there's BBQing involved, they come out then. Other than that, it's real plates. We do have a dishwasher, but I used real plates before that, too.

nope, sorry paper plates ain't for me - I have used them at other peoples houses, parties and the such like.........we have an excellent set of the reusable plastic tableware stuff for garden parties - they do some really stylish stuff now from plates to champagne flutes, very elegant and safe around pools and hard tiled floors !!

Nope. Unless we do a barbeque and have guests over or have a picnic at the park. Otherwise we use real plates. Yeah I do a lot of dishes. But it's easier on the environment.

Most of the time we use paper plates well I always do except on holidays! Now everyone else in the house uses paper plates a majortiy of the time it all just really depends on the meal i guess!

there is no YES all the time choice?! I use them almost all the time, except for holidays when I'll pull out the good stuff... My reasoning (even though my mom would be disgusted to hear this) is because time is too valuable to waste washing dishes. I'm sorry, I don't have a dishwasher, so I do them by hand.... And who wants to spend my life away washing dishes.... so we use paper plates.... I have even turned my life over to those tin foil cooking pans.... you just throw them out! No dishes at all!

I try not to use paper plates too often, but we do on occassion.

Yes, we eat off of them on occasion.

Yes, we use them. Usually I use them for lunch when it is just my husband and I. Guess it just depends on what we are eating. If it's something like sandwhiches then yes I will! If we have company I use regular plates though! And I always use our nice plates for dinner. I love nice sit down dinners!

Do take out cartons count?

No, that would cause tons of waste that could be avoided by using reusable materials.

Eating off paper plates is hardly environmentally friendly

Never use them.