Lifestyle Resources and Articles

If you’ve been stocking palm leaf plates for parties, catering gigs, or everyday convenience, there’s news you need to know. In May 2025, the FDA issued a letter to industry and consumers stating that dinnerware made from the leaf sheath of the Areca catechu …

Napkins are on the table at every meal, every party, and every event, and in the US alone, we go through tens of billions of paper napkins every year. Each one is used for a few moments and thrown away. …

Back-to-school season means new backpacks, new schedules, and, if you’re not careful, a daily stream of plastic baggies, juice pouches, and disposable everything heading straight to the landfill. A typical school lunch packed with single-use products can generate an astonishing …

Cotton swabs are one of those items you probably never think twice about. You use one for a few seconds, fixing a smudge of eyeliner, cleaning around your ears, or touching up a craft project, then toss it in the …

Short answer: yes. Natural bamboo is a plant, so it contains no BPA, a synthetic chemical found only in certain plastics and resin linings and never in plant fibers. Products made from whole, minimally processed bamboo, like reusable straws and …

Embrace Bamboo for Biodiversity and Sustainability There’s never a bad time to start turning your household into an eco-friendly oasis. This might sound difficult, but in reality, there are many small steps you can take to do so. Biodiversity is …

Hosting a Large Gathering? How Bamboo Dinnerware Simplifies Cleanup After a Party If you care about the environment, you probably try to avoid one-use products. No matter how enticing the easy cleanup may seem, you don’t feel right sending all …

The hustle and bustle of the holiday season can leave you with little bandwidth to focus on the environmental impact of your lifestyle choices. At some point, you may just give up and opt for the convenience of disposable products …

Friendsgiving is about gathering around the table with your chosen family. Whether they’re blood relatives or not, they’ve earned special places in your heart. As you feast on Friendsgiving delicacies this year, why not incorporate sustainable holiday entertaining? At Jenvita, …

Ditch the Plastic and Go with Jenvita Bamboo Disposable Plates Whether you’re planning a large gathering with hundreds of guests or a small family get-together, plates are one item you can’t go without.  For many types of parties, disposable plates …