Tip of the Day - Waste Free Lunches
Packing school lunches can be a mess of foil, baggies, and plastic wrap. When lunch is over, there’s a small mountain of garbage left behind.
Waste Free Lunches gives the following tips for packing your child’s lunch (or your own):
- Start with a reusable lunchbox, backpack, or briefcase
- Pack your food in reusable containers
- Include a drink in a refillable bottle
- Add reusable utensils
- Use a cloth napkin
Laptop Lunches has a great waste free lunch system based on the Japanese Bento Box. It’s lead free and top rack dishwasher safe.
If your kid is too cool for a lunch box, try a simple organic cotton lunch bag and a Wrap-N-Mat sandwich wrapper.
Another Eco-Friendly Tip from Allie.