Sound familiar? Now is not the time to serve food on your family's finest plates! If you're hosting a party, paper plates are lifesavers. But when it's time to reheat those cold leftovers ...

An curved arrow pointing right. German company, Leaf Republic, makes disposable tableware which is completely renewable and biodegradable. The company designed the plates to reduce plastic waste.

mix them with recycled paper, and flatten them into sheets that are left out to dry under the sun. A machine then presses them into form. "We were not just designing a biodegradable plate.