So basic plates and cups for a children's birthday party are displayed near matching balloons and lollipops.

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They suffered from lead poisoning, and to a lesser degree so did customers who bought their plates and cups.

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She reuses materials as much as she can when planning and decorating, and uses compostable paper plates and cups at her parties, as well as recyclable cutlery.

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The brothers had no experience in the car industry, having made their money selling plastic cups, plates and gifts for Asian airlines.

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In fact, in several stadiums they already have, moving the cups and plates to compostible versions and removing (yes, removing) 90% of the trash bins, replaced with recycling containers.

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Alas, the party hostess was possessed of a passion for disposable stemware, plates and cutlery and we were offered nothing less than the finest plastic cups for enjoying my bottle of precious bubbly.

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There was juice in Styrofoam cups and potato chips on little red plastic plates.

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