I don’t know about you, but I feel totally wasteful throwing away any kind of food, much less ketchup packets. I keep the packets and put them in a bowl when I have a party. It’s a good way to get rid of them, but millions get thrown away every year into landfills, where they will not biodegrade.
The most eco friendly thing you can do- is not order ketchup packets at all. If you need ketchup, use the packets that are probably in the glove compartment of your car!
I Just Gotta Tell Ya:
- Estimated 50% of fast food packets get thrown away.
- 80 million tons of ketchup thats enough to bury 27,000,000 football fields in a layer ten feet deep-http://web.mit.edu/civenv/K12Edu/game/ga…
- Twenty years ago Burger King did a study that determined that $1 million of unopened ketchups got thrown out every year. Imagine the savings if restaurant goers every where only took what they needed.
6 Things you can do with Ketchup
1.) Shine your copper- or shiny things. –copper-bottomed cooking pans, architectural detailing, or shiny knick-knacks, forget costly expensive cleaners-why not use some of those old ketchup packets stashed away in your kitchen drawers?
- Simple recipe from Michael de Jong, TDG’s Zen Cleaner and author of the Clean series of simple living books: Massage ketchup over the copper and watch it dissolve the tarnish away (thanks to the acid). In the event that you have stubborn spots, add a pinch of table salt while you polish.
2.) Clean your auto parts –According to The Cymbal Book by Hugo Pinksterboer, some folks have seen decent results getting their cars to shine by rubbing with ketchup. The book notes that the condiment does a good job cutting tarnish, but not so well in removing dirt.
3.) Fight Skunk Odors If you’ve lived in a rural or even suburban part of North America, chances are you may have had a run-in with a skunk one night or evening. Or perhaps your dog has. Although some experts have cautioned that thetechnique may not actually work well (beyond a masking sensation), many people still swear by tomato juice as a way to remove potent skunk odor. Michael de Jong points out that in the event you don’t have any tomato juice on hand you can try using plain ketchup instead
4.) Get back prettier hair from chlorine damage According to de Jong, ketchup can also be used to correct limey-hair-highlights-gone-green, which can sometimes occur from exposure to chlorine found in swimming pools (another good reason to check outnatural pools as a refreshing alternative).
- How? Restore your normal hair color — or at least the one you paid dearly for — by applying full strength ketchup to your hair. Smoosh it in, let it linger for about 20 minutes and then wash it out thoroughly.
5.) Soothe wounds Seacoast Online suggest to freeze leftover ketchup and soy sauce packets to use on children’s “small booboos and bumps.”The kids LOVE them.” Apparently even the mere appearance of the packets often makes their hurts go away.
6.) Use For Painting –What do you do with fresh McDonald’s French Fries and 10 packets of Ketchup? You paint with them of course. 50 min speed painting plays in 4 mins. Ketchup as paint and french fries as a paint brush.
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