Eating on the go is an inevitable fact of life for most of us, but there is no reason to make it worse with single-use plastic spoons and forks that just pile up in a landfill. One simple step that you can take today will save bundles of plastic for the year to come: Pack your own.

That’s right. Pack up a set of utensils that you have in your home, or hold onto the next fast food set you get, and put them into your purse, briefcase, car, or pannier and just say “no thank you, I have my own” the next time a cashier offers you a plastic spoon.

That is, unless you’re lucky enough to eat at a place that offers you what this entrepreneur has come up with: spoons and chopsticks you can eat! Heck, we already do this with ice cream. Ask for a cone – it’s the edible alternative!.