There are 1,000 pieces of plastic silverware in this picture, and for the record there are...

646 Spoons
304 Fork
29 Knives
18 Sporks

Based on these numbers, a lot of people could probably avoid using plastic silverware altogether by just keeping a metal spoon and fork in their work locker like I do, or in their purse, backpack, glove compartment, etc.

Plastic silverware might not seem like a big deal, but if you eat 3 meals a day, that's over 1,000 meals a year. And if you have the habit of using throw-away silverware, you could end up throwing away as much plastic silverware as there is in this picture every year.

And even the devil himself would have to agree, that a single reusable metal pitchfork wouldn't be anywhere near as sinister of a weapon as tons and tons of disposable plastic pitchforks that will each eventually break down into a zillion little pieces of toxic terror known as "microplastics"!

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