Last night I watched on TV a one-two punch courtesy of our friends at Ziploc and Dixie. Powered by our society’s laziness, Ziploc threw a left jab aptly named the disposable Zip ‘n Steam cooking bags.

Dixie followed with a right hook carrying a message about using disposable bathroom cups to shield our children from bacteria.

Is cleaning a steam pan so difficult that one must turn to a throwaway plastic bag to cook pre-cut, frozen vegetables? And what type of lesson are we teaching our children when everyone in the family uses and tosses a bleached-white, glued-together, printed-on paper cup?

I am in disbelief at the “disposable is better” message.