doing takeout takes on a whole new dimension in the us. eating at a food court, lunch comes in a throwaway container and even organic eateries provide plastic cutlery that ends up in the bin, with the number of recycling stations rather limited. green conscience mostly squirms at the sight of polystyrene food containers. as far as my ecoeducation goes, i have been taught that polystyrene in terms of packaging is about as bad as it gets.