One of my favorite bowls is made of wood; it’ll go back to the earth without disrupting other life much. Same for our ceramic bowls with less-toxic glaze (the c

One of my favorite bowls is made of wood; it’ll go back to the earth without disrupting other life much. Same for our ceramic bowls with less-toxic glaze (the cost of this is being limited to a mostly-brown color scheme). I grew up with neighbors who harvested the plants in our field for animal feed using machines made of metal, wood, and leather, pulled by horses. The only plastic was the milk jug of water (though it could be a glass jug in a cushioned box). We can return to using non-plastic materials for most things, reserving plastic for where its properties are most useful.