Have you seen the Dixie paper plate commercials?  They basically are appealing to mothers by saying, “Don’t waste your time washing dishes.  Instead, spend the time with your kids.”

I wrote a letter to them because this ad is bad.  Bad ad.  Bad, bad ad!  If you use paper plates, that’s fine.  I get it, but for the company to encourage moms to use paper plates instead of a regular, washable plate pisses me off.  I would rather spend time with my kids than wash dishes, but I also am aware of how much waste we are putting out on the curb each week.  Think of the landfills, think of the trees.

Also, instead of teaching kids that everything is disposable, let’s teach the kids how to load the dishwasher, how to save paper/water/energy, etc!  We’re dealing with previous generations’ decisions in regards to the environment, let’s help make it a little better for our grandkids.

Here is a link to the contact info for Dixie:

http://www.makeitadixieday.com/contact.html