Pop What?
Fact
Americans consume 17.3 billion quarts of popped popcorn annually. Movie theaters can make up to a 1,000 percent profit on popcorn sales, but how often do you eat the whole bucket?
Get Started
- Popcorn makes a great replacement for non-recyclable packing peanuts. Just advise your friends not to eat this filler when their package arrives.
- Save old popcorn for your next trip to the park to feed birds.
- Compost your old kernels rather than trashing them. This is recommended for popcorn that hasn’t been loaded up with butter and salt.
Become a Pro
- Show your kids how to use old, unpopped kernels as the noise-making component in homemade instruments.
- Make arts and crafts projects with the family to be used as decorations around the home and gifts for friends.
- Get a group together and start stringing! These strings of garland can be used as decorations for parties and holidays.
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Chris Lilek
posted on March 4th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Make sure the popcorn is air or corn oil popped!
Most varieties of microwave popcorn, contain palm oil.
The sprawling oil palm plantations in Southeast Asia that produce most of the world’s palm oil have had a devastating effect on the rainforest and its wildlife. Palm oil, widely used in processed foods and cooking oils in Asia, Europe, and—to a lesser extent—the United States, also harms human health.
http://www.cspinet.org/palm/PalmOilReport.pdf