Thumbs up for Microsoft!

I have to admit that I'm an Apple person, but I'm not above giving props to the "other guy" when deserved.

Microsoft switches to compostable utensils, cups in cafeterias
Microsoft ditches plastic and Styrofoam in its cafeterias and kitchenettes for compostable knives, forks, spoons, cups, bowls, plates and clamshell carryout containers. That switch is one of several the company is making to reduce the amount of waste generated by the 24,000 meals served daily at its corporate headquarters campus in Redmond, where roughly 40,000 full-time employees and vendors work.

This is relatively old news (courtesy of the Seattle Times), but good news, nonetheless.

Anthony's & Hearthfire Grill

Joe Holmes sent me a little message yesterday letting me know that Anthony's, Hearthfire, and the company's other associated restaurants do not use styrofoam (or plastic bags) for their take-home containers...

I have worked at anthony's and know for certain that they do not use styrofoam, but paper boxes, and paper bags for their to go orders, and I think I can safely assume that this is a company wide policy, meaning that the hearthfire also does not use styrofoam, as well as other anthony's restaurants, such as peir 66, or chinooks in seattle.

That's great news--thanks for the tip, Joe!

Anthony's Restaurants
Locations all over the Puget Sound area (and a few others in Oregon and eastern Washington).
See website for specific locations.