If you can’t give up kitchen plastics…

Technically if you’re looking to go green, plastic in your kitchen won’t help the cause. However, going cold turkey is not for everyone, so just for those folks, one decent plastic kitchenware option is Preserve.

Preserve Kitchen features easy to use and useful kitchen products made from 100% recycled #5 plastic (just like their toothbrushes, razors and tableware). They also offer cutting boards made with 100% post-consumer recycled paper – but let’s focus on the plastics. They also keep growing the goods, with four new kitchen items recently introduced, including a smaller colander, square storage containers, and liquid + dry measuring cups.

Preserve products are affordable, brightly colored, and more importantly greener than many other plastics in that they’re made from #5 polypropylene plastic collected from individuals via a Gimme 5 program and also from companies like Stonyfield Farm. Preserve take used plastic, sorts it, cleans it, tests it, recycles it, and turn it into new Preserve products.

Choosing Preserve Plastic over a virgin form of plastic reduces greenhouse gases, water use, energy use, oil use, natural gas use, and coal use – which are all needed to make plastics.

If you want to help you can drop off your own used plastics at a Gimme 5 center (in Whole Foods) or mail your plastics into the company. They’re also now accepting Brita pitcher filters. So if you can’t stop your plastic use cold, this is one greener option. NOTE: If you are interested in getting off the plastic train, read tips for creating a plastic-free kitchen.

Visit Preserve to learn more.