The Dixie Basic™ plate, designed especially for lightweight meals and snacks, has a crisper, cleaner visual appeal. Not only is it microwaveable, the Dixie Basic™ plate is built strong, to resist cuts and soak-through and it stacks better. A sleeve of Dixie Basic plates takes up 1/3 of the storage space as the same number of foam plates. Finally and importantly the Dixie Basic™ plate is recyclable (plates may be recycled if you have access to a recycler that accepts paper or plastic products containing food residue. Such facilities may not be available in your area) and compostable (plates may be processed in commercial composting facilities. Such facilities may not be available in your area. Product contains approximately 91% compostable cellulose fiber by weight.)