The Togo box war

When I go out to eat, I try to order the amount of food I am actually going to eat.

But I must be honest with myself, it rarely happens, the portions are just too big. On comes the war- the box, the squarish shaped container that brings my personal life to an inner and often times outer battle.  If the box comes and its biodegradable, I practically hug the server and get a huge grin on my face! But, if the schreatchy white stuff comes out...the material that doesn't bio degrate for eternity.  I freak out. Literally.  I battle, the box is now on the table, they are going to toss it out if they are compliant with health codes.  If the reuse it, is that unsanitary?  Should I just take it?  Is wasting the food just as bad?  The questions go on.  My solution differs.  In my ideal world, I would carry around my own container.  Realistically, its just going to be a war, espeicailly since my dining out issues don't stop there. 

Hand Dryers?  

Here is a more thorough article by someone else who shares my pain.  

'I want to talk about take-out containers, one of my biggest pet-peeves. Restaurant portions being what they are, we usually end up taking leftovers home. And they almost always come in those horrific styrofoam or polystyrene containers. So, it’s a quandry: waste the extra food or carry home wasteful packaging with practically no re-use value (not that that stops my mother, but that’s a story for another day) and non-recyclable to boot. I’ve made it my resolution this year to try to get at least one place I eat regularly to switch to bio-degradable or at least. I somehow doubt I’m going to convince this city to ban them, like Emeryville, California, but one step at a time, I always say.

For the rest of the article: 

http://river2sea72.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/take-out-the-trash/