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Wanna get creative with your kid’s lunch?

01.07.2009

Submitted by aguru on Wed, 01/07/2009 - 4:24pm.
The Bite:
Maybe not too creative, just pack their food into a reusable lunch kit - complete with eco-utensils, napkins, and bottles. You'll reduce tons of disposable waste (we're looking at you, Ziploc), keep food fresh, and save cash. Brilliant.
The Benefits: 
  • Thinking small on trash. A school-age kid creates up to 67 pounds of waste over the school year from disposable lunch supplies.
  • A safer bet for food storage. These kits come with stainless steel and BPA-free plastic materials, which won't leach toxins like some plastics.  
  • A bigger payoff.  You'll save about $250 per year over buying disposables.
Personally Speaking: 
Kay bought her 10-year-old daughter, Eve, the To-Go Ware box: "Eve's environmentally aware and questions each plastic bag in her lunchbox (a necessary evil at times), so we tried everything," Kay says, "She loves the stainless steel stacking system."
Wanna Try: 
  • Kids Konserve Lunch Kit - kit with recycled cotton sack, cotton napkin, stainless steel drink bottle, and two containers, plus BPA-free plastic reusable food wrapper; also: butterfly design ($40-42).
  • Laptop Lunch System - BPA-free plastic bento box kit (see photo) with insulated case, water bottle, five small containers, and utensils; in five color combos ($38).
  • To-Go Ware Food Carrier - two-tiered stainless steel tiffin (think cool lunch pail) with interlocking parts; good for older kids and you. New: side portion containers ($5-$19).
  • Wastefreelunches.org - a campaign to reduce waste in school lunchrooms nationwide, with tips and resources to get started.
Cash Saver: 
 Enter code ideal55 at checkout and get 20% off your Laptop Lunch System order.

Timeout

An antique lunchbox collector paid more than $13,000 at auction for an unused 1954 metal Superman box in mint condition.

Bang For The Bite

 If 10,000 Mama Biters pack their kid's lunch with reusable containers instead of disposables, we'll keep the weight of 4,333 school desks in trash outta landfills.

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fifi  on November 12, 2009 at 04:22 AM 1
Thinking small on trash. A school-age kid creates up to 67 pounds of waste over the school year from disposable lunch supplies. free games

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