‘Free’ plastic cutlery is being rolled into the price of the dinner, for one. Some people also pay for garbage disposal. Then there is the ecological issue of

‘Free’ plastic cutlery is being rolled into the price of the dinner, for one. Some people also pay for garbage disposal. Then there is the ecological issue of using and disposing of cutlery and plates after one use. Why would the harm of that need to be explained in 2019? Most household waste in the US goes to landfills. Another issue is personal health. Plastic is continually emitting tiny amounts of toxic chemicals and leaching plasticizers and other endocrine disrupters/suspected carcinogens into the air and anything it comes into contact with. This differs from the glass and ceramic dishes that I purchase for use at home.