As strange as taking spoons hostage may sound, I assure you the motives behind it are far more rational. For months now I, on behalf of fellow students, have plagued the canteen staff with requests for metal cutlery at lunchtimes to no success. Now, I know what you're thinking; no doubt the words irritating and trivial come to mind. However, apart from the fact that they are genuinely pathetic excuses for cutlery and break at the glimpse of anything tougher than mash potato, they are morally wrong. Firstly, in a school of 1600, that's potentially 4800 forks, knives and spoons used and thrown away everyday! Lets forget for a moment that all of this has to be removed and replaced everyday, but the amount of waste that results is unthinkable. After being taken to landfill degradation and decomposition of plastic happens so slowly that that very spoon could outlive you twelve-fold! Additionally, most throw-away plastics are petroleum based meaning they are even worse for the environment! So, amongst the tuts and sighs from those less green members of the sixth form, I started to steal the cutlery. My names Abigail and I steal cutlery. With help from a few friends who agreed to house the fugitives in their lockers we have eliminated plastic from our canteen. Now the question is... what does one do with several lockers worth of stolen plastic spoons? Suggestions on a postcard.
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