100 Ways to Reduce Your Impact

Step 77 Buy eggs in cardboard flats

When you go to purchase eggs, purchase the eggs that are in the cardboard flats. They are made from recycled newspaper, and they are quick to biodegrade. Unlike Styrofoam, which takes an incredibly long time to biodegrade.

The cardboard flats do not produce harmful byproducts, another benefit over Styrofoam.

Comments

[heaven11pa]

well take native eggs

[redweather]

also, if you have a local farmers market, it is very likely that thereis a farmer there who will accept your egg flats - i wait until i have asmall stack, and then drop them off with a happy poultry farmer when i'mat the market.

[krystalkamback]

Rethink eating eggs. Or get them from a farmer directly. One egg counts as a third of your daily protein, and contains 71% of your daily cholesterol. Heart disease is a major concern for Americans...