Feeling guilty about all the plastic baggies you’re using for your keiki’s lunch? Here’s the solution: The key to packing an earth-friendly lunch is using reusable containers and utensils, a cloth napkin and avoiding prepackaged snacks and juices. We want to minimize what goes into the trash at school and maximize what comes back home to be rewashed and reused. Below are a few inspiring ideas that will help take away the guilt and put an end to unnecessary lunch box waste.
Made of 100% recyclable, high-quality, food grade stainless steel and BPA-free, these light-weight bottles keep all of your beverages cool and clear of toxins. Available at Klean Kanteen
These colorful insulated lunch boxes are 100% lead free and include matching containers and a drinking bottle, helping to reduce the 3.5 million pounds of garbage waste produced each year from school lunches. For more information visit lunchopolis
If your little one complains that they can’t open their sandwich container, try the Wrap-N-Mat. This reusable sandwich/snack wrap has a velcro closure and is made with a food safe PEVA liner that wipes clean and is printed with vegetable-based dyes. To top it off, when unfolded it turns into a placemat. I love this idea! So far, I have only found this online at Reusable Bags.