When we bring leftovers home from a restaurant I always ask for a piece of aluminum foil rather than a big Styrofoam container. Most of the time I’m taking home my kids chicken strips, a half a sandwich or a piece of steak and wrapping it in foil does the trick. Also, many restaurants offer “fun” plastic drinking cups for my kids. My 3 and 5 year olds can handle glasses just fine. If your’s can too, make sure your server knows to just put their water or other beverage in a regular glass. It doesn’t hurt to ask!
— Lily Waal, Park Ridge
Leftovers from a restaurant usually come in a Styrofoam container — nobody recycles Styrofoam. We now go to the restaurant with a Rubbermaid divided rectangular food storage container. We put away half of our meal and feel good about not overeating and not throwing away Styrofoam.
— Diane Zychowski
Reuse styrofoam meat containers. After thoroughly washing, wrap in foil and serves as a platter for serving cookies/other desserts to neighbors.
— Julie Pietrzak, Palos Heights
I always bring my own tupperware and insist restaurants use it for our carry-out orders or any unfinished meals, instead of their containers/Styrofoam — filling the bins myself, if needed.
— Susan Paus, Chicago Heights
