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Bialetti Green Planet Eco-Friendly Cookware

When I noticed the other day, after my apartment move recently, that one of my non-stick pans was looking quite horrible with the surface beginning to scratch off, I thought — let’s handle this one quickly. I cook a lot, and the last thing I want to do is ingest a bunch of meals’ worth of teflon, or whatever else is on the surface of those things. So off to the store.

There were a lot of choices, especially when you are prepared to just buy one pan and you are willing to spend the cash on something chef-worthy. Eventually, I stumbled on to the Bialetti Green Planet line of eco-friendly cookware. Seeing that my consciousness is there at the moment, AND I worship all things Italian given my family background, I investigated further and ended up choosing the 12″ Bialetti pan for my kitchen.

Features of the Bialetti Green Planet Cookware Line

Harvested bamboo handle, environmentally safe
Made from 50% recycled aluminum and 100% recyclable after use
100% Recycled packaging
3 Year Guarantee
Made in Italy

More Details on the Bialetti Green Planet Cookware

Not to be thrown in the dishwasher, the Bialetti cookware surface must be hand cleaned with water and soap only — and every once in a while, it’s a good idea to clean the pan with a cloth that has been coated with cooking oil.

Here’s my favorite part of the interior packaging on the pan. A note that reads, “For safety, please keep pet birds out of the kitchen. Birds respiratory systems are sensitive to many kinds of household fumes, including the fumes from extremely overheated non-stick pans.” Either they are (A) so environmentally conscious that their paid think tank of Italian eco-geniuses have listed they absolute worst case scenario of their pans harming anything in the environment, or (B) there are a lot more house birds in Italian kitchens than I realized, and they are not in cages, AND they are precocious and will eat right out of a hot pan on top of the range.

$24.99 for a 12″ pan at BBBY (easy to find $10 off or 20% off coupons anywhere)

Here’s the Marketing Blurbs From Bialetti on GREENPLANET

“With its essential design, attractive shape and ‘reassuring’ colour, Bialetti GreenPlanet is the line of cookware with natural style and with the style and natural look of bamboo. With GreenPlanet, Bialetti invites you to enjoy the pleasure of cooking naturally and with respect for the environment in which we live.”

“Bialetti Industrie’s philosophy in fact defines the company’s goals in unequivocal terms: to create value, not only through the search for maximum market competitiveness expressed by quality and innovation, but also with ethical respect and unity towards all our contacts and the territory in which we operate.”

Bialetti touts its own SA8000 certification as a guarantee of compliance, by the entire company, with all nine requirements established in part of the certification standards. These include but are not limited to:

* respect for human rights and the rights of workers, repudiation of child and forced labour, guarantees of health and safety in the workplace.
* respect for criteria of sustainable socio-environmental development.
* respect for and valorisation of human resources, through constant attention to the needs and expectations of all contacts involved in different ways in company activities (employees, suppliers, shareholders, customers, consumers) and the undertaking to promote effective and continuous improvement plans.

A Note on Social Responsibility from Bialetti

I found this on their website and thought it interesting:

“At Bialetti Industrie social responsibility is a value that is part of the company culture, equally shared at every level. Corporate Social Responsibility is a tangible asset that evolves in real time with innovative formulas and major partners. The centrality of human resources and the strong relationship with the surrounding area are its most visible expressions, implemented with actions aimed at improving the quality of the environment, both inside and outside the company.”


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