We once went to a house party where they wallpapered walls in Reynolds Wrap and had a disco ball and DJ, (oh, our college days..). Now, we can't help but feeling guilty anytime we use tin foil--we always wash it it, reuse it, then end up recycling it.
So we were pretty excited when we spotted this on our grocery store shelves--and another brand that might provide a little healthy competition.
There was also another brand called "If You Care" on the shelves. Anyone seen or used this yet?
We use it in our home, but it's definitely harder to reuse because it's a bit thinner and tears rather easily. Because of this, we've largely transitioned to using containers with reusable lids.
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Ooh! Nifty; I'll definitely have to watch out for these again. I always reuse, then recycle my aluminum foil. I do, however, also use and wash and reuse plastic bags (unless they've had meat in them).
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I've used the 'If You Care' parchment paper, but never the foil. The parchment paper was fine, though!
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I've used the "If You Care" stuff (never heard of recycled Reynolds Wrap foil), and it's pretty good. It's little more thin than non-recycled foil, but it definitely works.
As much as I like the environment, though, it almost crosses the way too expensive threshold.
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Yep, I use "if you care" products here in SF. I love the non-bleached cupcake liners and parchment paper.
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The "If You Care" recycled aluminium foil is great, although a bit on the thin side. It's perfect for lining a non-nonstick tray. We swear by their recycled baking parchment, cupcake/muffin cases and coffee filters too.
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I read an article recently revealing that aluminum foil has been 100% recycled since the 1970's and that this is really just a lie to make a little more money from the "green" movement. Unfortunate.
http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/04/27/whats-new-about-reynolds-wrap/
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This debunks the "all Al foil is recycled" myth:
http://agmetalminer.com/2009/04/30/greenwashing-and-eco-friendly-metals/
Full-disclosure: I don't know anything about the source. That said, I do know (from running gas chromatographic trials myself) that Al foil is almost completely made up of aluminum, which backs up at least part of agmetalminer's claim.
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