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Re:EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021 by ocdtrekkie on Thursday March 28, 2019 @01:13PM (#19514287)
I can fathom having a portable case for a set of silverware, that you clean when you get home.
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Re:EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021 by jpindar on Thursday March 28, 2019 @03:35PM (#19515749)
They exist.

https://www.amazon.com/Tableware-Camping-Tools-Portable-Mult...

I've heard it's not unusual in some places for people to do this with chopsticks.

https://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Stainless-Folding-Chopsticks...

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Re:EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021 by randyrand on Thursday March 28, 2019 @02:04PM (#19514847)
In the future we'll just walk around with silverware and a cup at all times.
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Re:EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021 by ocdtrekkie on Thursday March 28, 2019 @02:17PM (#19514985)
I mean, as long as so many of us are driving our own cars everywhere anyways, it's not like we don't have a place to put it...
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Re:EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021 by theklub on Thursday March 28, 2019 @02:17PM (#19514982)
Actually you might be onto a new market, creating forks that you bring with you everywhere like a pocket knife.
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Re:EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021 by jtuente on Thursday March 28, 2019 @02:32PM (#19515140)
I wouldn't call camping supplies a new market so much as repurposed.
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Re:EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021 by 0db532a0 on Monday April 01, 2019 @05:41PM (#19548597)
Medieval Europeans would dine with knives alone, and were expected to bring their own to the table.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-knives

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Re:EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021 by jpindar on Thursday March 28, 2019 @03:40PM (#19515801)
They exist, and some of them don't look at all like camping equipment.

https://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Pen-Shape-Stainless-Folding-...

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Re:EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021 by zaarn on Thursday March 28, 2019 @03:16PM (#19515560)
A pocketknife already doubles as a fork.
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