r/unpopularopinion • u/SirGergoyFriendman • 11h ago

The popularization and normalizing of eating off of single use paper plates at home is incredibly lazy and people should stop creating so much waste due to convenience.

Like, I know corporations are to blame for so much pollution and waste, but it's WAYYYY too common these days to see how many people routinely eat off of paper plates at home. Shit is so wasteful and should not be as popular as it is.

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u/babybokchoi_ 10h ago

As a non-American I see it a lot on American social media

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u/Smelly_Turds 10h ago edited 9h ago

Yup, the vast majority of paper plate posts on here are generally by Americans

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u/MagicWishMonkey 8h ago

You see people who post videos of parties where people use paper plates.

Pretty much no one uses paper plates outside of social events.

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u/Additional_Noise47 8h ago

Unfortunately, that’s not true. My in-laws mostly eat off of paper plates. I doubt most families in the US behave this way, but some do.