I was eating at Panda Express earlier today. (Don't judge me.) I noticed that, after a few bites, my fork was completely bent out of shape. (See image.) So, I took a look at the handle. "Compostable," it said.
It's not like I was eating a bowl of rocks; I had orange chicken and fried rice. The compostable fork couldn't handle that? I had to go get a second fork, which probably negates any Earth-saving benefits from using compostable forks in the first place.
It then dawned on me that this wasn't some savvy, money-saving decision by Panda Express. No, this atrocity was forced on them by the City of Seattle. On July 1, 2018, a law went into effect that banned both plastic straws and utensils. The result: Utensils that don't work.
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