Good companies for bamboo plates for toddlers?

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Looking to change the plastic plates to bamboo for my toddler to reduce plastic. Don’t want to get something from Amazon that is more toxic/not from a reputable U.K. company etc and isn’t tested. Which brands are good to use?

What are you doing with the plastic plates you currently own?

I wouldn’t use bamboo plates as a lot of bamboo products contact toxic chemicals like formaldehyde.

The best thing you can probably do environmentally is go to charity shops and buy a selection of small ceramic plates and bowls - you won’t mind them being broken if they’re second hand cheap ones.

Nothing as I haven’t bought them yet. Have some bowls but I’m not going to keep buying plastics or using it! I appreciate some people throw out a lot of plastic to replace it. But for health with a poorly baby ill donate them to a charity shop or baby bank the 2 I have.

https://www.food.gov.uk/news-alerts/news/updated-notice-on-plastic-containers-and-utensils-containing-bamboo This seems to imply that it’s composite not solid bamboo?

Agreed, have some ceramic plates for when he’s older but he’s a ninja at detaching the suction on the outer but!

The bamboo composite ones are the ones with formaldehyde and other nasty chemicals and microplastics.
https://cot.food.gov.uk/The%20Potential%20Human%20Health%20Risks%20of%20Bamboo%20Bio-Composites%20in%20Food%20Contact%20Materials.

Any wooden plates are unhygienic as they capture germs. You’d be better off getting ceramic.

I use ceramic but if they’re just going to get flung would stainless steel work?

That’s a good option, as are enamel dishes.

I still wouldn’t use it.

Me either. It’s worse than feeding your kid from the same bowl as a dog.

I was gifted some when my baby was little and they did seem to hold dirt, had to hand wash, they developed black areas etc and were a general pain. We carried on using the plastic ones then moved to ceramic quite young.
The enamel camping ones are good.