Millions of disposable plastic utensils are used daily, and their production has negative impacts on the environment.
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Millions of disposable plastic utensils are used daily, and their production has negative impacts on the environment.
Mandatory Credit: zoranm/iStockphoto/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

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One small thing you can do to help reduce your role in the climate crisis

At most places Melissa Valliant goes when dining out, she carries in her backpack a set of reusable flatware — prepared to refuse the disposable utensils she says are part of the plastic pollution crisis that’s inextricably linked with the climate crisis.