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Lol, show me your source on how many households have re-usable forks

by ynniv 4y ago

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falcolas 4y ago
Any household who's had a picnic or party, I'd guess. Leftover disposable cutlery is unavoidable.
- HeyLaughingBoy 4y ago
  I suspect that you did not read that carefully.
jrochkind1 4y ago
Globally? Vs chopsticks?
duckmysick 4y ago
That's an interesting question and I couldn't find a direct answer. Let's use a good old Fermi estimate instead. This report [1] tells us that the "global disposable cutlery market was valued at $10.1 billion in 2021." I checked the Walmart website and they sell various disposable cutlery packs at about $0.04 -$0.08 per single unit. I know it's not an accurate representation of global prices, but it's a good start. I'm going to use $0.05 per unit in my estimates. A market size of $10.1 billion divided by $0.05 gives us 202 billion units of disposable cutlery used per year. The report I linked above mentioned that disposable eating utensils "are generally used once and then discarded". Let's assume that a person uses two disposable utensils per day. That's 700 utensils per year. 202 billion divided by 700 gives us little less than 290 million people using disposable utensils. Let's also assume that those 290 million people use exclusively disposable utensils. It's likely not true - say, some people might use disposables eating out but reusables at home. It lowers the average yearly usage of disposable utensils down from 700. This would increase the number of people who use disposable utensils. At the same time, it would also increase the number of people using reusable utensils. How many people use forks and spoons and knives (of any kind)? I've seen anything between 1-2 billion. Seems plausible. 1.5 billion (total utensils users) - 290 million (disposable only users) is 1.21 billion people using reusable utensils. About 400 million households, at 3 people per household. A crude estimate, but feels in the right order of magnitude. 1 - https://www.alliedmarketresearch.com/disposable-cutlery-market-A31543 https://www.alliedmarketresearch.com/disposable-cutlery-mark...

Lol, show me your source on how many households have re-usable forks

by ynniv 4y ago

Lol, show me your source on how many households have re-usable forks

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falcolas 4y ago

Any household who's had a picnic or party, I'd guess. Leftover disposable cutlery is unavoidable.

HeyLaughingBoy 4y ago
I suspect that you did not read that carefully.

jrochkind1 4y ago

Globally? Vs chopsticks?

duckmysick 4y ago

That's an interesting question and I couldn't find a direct answer. Let's use a good old Fermi estimate instead. This report [1] tells us that the "global disposable cutlery market was valued at $10.1 billion in 2021." I checked the Walmart website and they sell various disposable cutlery packs at about $0.04 -$0.08 per single unit. I know it's not an accurate representation of global prices, but it's a good start. I'm going to use $0.05 per unit in my estimates. A market size of $10.1 billion divided by $0.05 gives us 202 billion units of disposable cutlery used per year. The report I linked above mentioned that disposable eating utensils "are generally used once and then discarded". Let's assume that a person uses two disposable utensils per day. That's 700 utensils per year. 202 billion divided by 700 gives us little less than 290 million people using disposable utensils. Let's also assume that those 290 million people use exclusively disposable utensils. It's likely not true - say, some people might use disposables eating out but reusables at home. It lowers the average yearly usage of disposable utensils down from 700. This would increase the number of people who use disposable utensils. At the same time, it would also increase the number of people using reusable utensils. How many people use forks and spoons and knives (of any kind)? I've seen anything between 1-2 billion. Seems plausible. 1.5 billion (total utensils users) - 290 million (disposable only users) is 1.21 billion people using reusable utensils. About 400 million households, at 3 people per household. A crude estimate, but feels in the right order of magnitude. 1 - https://www.alliedmarketresearch.com/disposable-cutlery-market-A31543 https://www.alliedmarketresearch.com/disposable-cutlery-mark...