VerTerra Compostable Plates Giveaway!
Posted on January 26, 2009 by
We all know that reusables are the best way to go green, but fine china doesn’t work well at a picnic, or your kid’s birthday party. But, while one use plates make for easy clean up, often they aren’t recyclable. Even paper plates can be coated in plastic, and the ones that aren’t can have serious strength problems.
VerTerra plates are made from steamed, pressed leaves. Not only are they attractive, and strong, but they’re completely compostable. You can use them in the oven up to 350 degrees for up to 45 minutes, and they’ll even last through a few hand washings, if you’d like to use them more than once.
From the VerTerra site:
While we can’t promise that your meal will be guilt free, we can promise that your dinnerware will be. Our environmentally-friendly plates, bowls, cups, and serving dishes come in a variety of beautiful shapes and sizes. They’re lightweight, convenient, durable, toxin-free and downright stylish, so you can mix, match and enjoy without worry.
- All natural, chemical and bleach free
- Non-toxic
- No plastics or waxes
- 100% compostable
- Made of 100% renewable plant material
- Biodegrades naturally in 2 months
- Microwave, oven and refrigerator-safe
- No trees are cut down–made from only fallen leaves
- Reusable
VerTerra is giving one very lucky Allie’s Answers reader a sampling of VerTerra dinnerware:
To enter, sign in with a valid e-mail address and leave a comment below. The contest closes on Monday, February 2nd, and I’ll post the winner as soon as I draw a name. And stay tuned. I’ll give you a chance at another entry later this week. Good Luck! CONTEST CLOSED
These are so cool and clever! Count me in and thank you.
Oooh! Count me in.
I love them!
Wow, those are so great!!
And they look better than paper plates too
Have always wanted to try these and see how they would hold up to more than one use. Very stylish!
These sound fantastic!
I would love a set of these! Please enter me in the drawing.
Ooh, how cool!
Great item. Please enter me!
Beautiful looking plates!
I’d love to get these!
ooh! these are cool! paper plates (especially styrofoam-ugh x_x)have always bothered me- so wasteful!- but these are eco-friendly and cool-looking ^_^ I’d love to have some!
They’re really pretty! I would like an actual set of dishes that looked like that, in fact.
I’ve been trying to reduce the amount of plastic I use, but “real” plates aren’t practical when my kids want to take snacks outside. These were be a perfect solution. We could use them a few times and then put them in our composter when they give out.
Oops! Make that “would be a perfection solution.”
Ooh, wonderful idea! I’m in the midst of planning out my wedding and don’t look forward to acquiring (and washing!) 100+ non-styrofoam plates… this would be the ideal solution! Sign me up!
These sound awesome. Thank you so much for posting about them.
these would work great with my decor AND green living!
Wow. That is a very cool product. Like you said, it’d be nice to never have to throw a plate away, but sometimes there’s just no way around it.
I love to go Green!
[...] Michael Dwork from VerTerra, took some time out to answer some questions about VerTerra plates and going green. Read what he had to say, and leave a comment below for another entry in the VerTerra giveaway. [...]
Add me to the list please! Thank you
CONTEST CLOSED