Comments on: Frozen Entrees: A bigger plastic problem than I knew

By: Marcia

Marcia — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:53:00 +0000

Why cannot they sell the same product with the intention of us cooking it in our own dishes in the microwave or oven? Or is it they prepare it in those containers - I hope not.

The few times I buy something like that I put it in a bowl or on a plate and heat it that way, can't bring my self to cook in that plastic.

Just found your blog, looking forward to reading it.

By: tincansandtwine

tincansandtwine — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:23:00 +0000

Not that frozen foods on their own are preferable to local foods, but I believe the company Quorn uses no plastics in their packaging of frozen “chicken”. I particularly enjoy the skinless “breasts” that you can cook like real chicken. An occasional treat of mine, and one that is (I hope) plastic free.

By: sustainableisgood

sustainableisgood — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:02:00 +0000

Beth been reading your posts with much interest. You raise important issues here especially. We have the same issue here in Rhode Island. With the size of the state all of the recycling from cities and towns is handled by one organization (RI Resource Recovery) they will only take #1 (PETE, PET) and #2 (HDPE) bottles. They will not recycle #1 & #2 "tub" style containers like those in the dinners you are talking about or have become increasingly popular for selling salad greens etc. They also won't take #5 PP containers which are what many food grade items are sold in now esp dairy products. #5 is lighter and more durable than #1 so product manufacturers need less plastic for the same quality/durability for their product but then most communities won't recycle it!

rider

By: terrible person

terrible person — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:14:00 +0000

and here is the SF Chronicle's article about the study warning about the dangers.

By: terrible person

terrible person — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:13:00 +0000

Here is a piece about the chemicals in household cleaning products, and why they don't tell you what they are ...

By: axelle

axelle — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:09:00 +0000

Save them for me! I will use those plastic-coated frozen dinner containers as kitty litter pans for when I have very young foster kittens who are too short to reach a regular litter box.

If you have a better freezer than mine, you could make a bunch of stuff to eat, re-fill the containers, and then freeze the bunch of stuff for future dinners. U could cook plain pasta and pour bottled pesto sauce over it, pour some into those containers & freeze them.

You could, you could.