We've all used plastic utensils at picnics, with takeout, or at the office kitchen. Some of us even gather and keep excess plastic spoons, forks, and knives so we can use them some other time. There's ...

At most places Melissa Valliant goes when dining out, she carries in her backpack a set of reusable flatware — prepared to refuse the disposable utensils she says are part of the plastic pollution ...