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Bamboo Veneerware All-Occasion Plates, $6.95–$12.95

What Packs of eight plates made from 100 percent organic, stain-resistant bamboo.

Units Sold 282 packs last month; 42 last week.

Why “This is the upscale answer to the paper plate,” says marketing director Heather Lamster. “The Chinese bamboo is grass, not wood, so there’s no deforestation. No harmful bleaches or dyes are used in manufacturing. It’s an environmentally friendly holiday-entertaining alternative.”

Broadway Panhandler
477 Broome St., at Wooster St., 212-966-3434

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