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Aluminum foil, plastic wrap or waxed paper?

10.03.2006

Submitted by idealbite on Tue, 10/03/2006 - 5:00pm.
The Bite:
Unlike Destiny's Child, we once loved the trio of aluminum foil, plastic wrap and waxed paper equally. That is, until we weighed the options from health and ecological perspectives. So let's just call recycled aluminum foil the Beyonce of food wrappers.
The Benefits: 
  • Unlike waxed paper and plastic wrap, aluminum foil is available in 100% recycled form and is recyclable in most areas (when it's clean).
  • It withstands heat and cold and works better than plastic and waxed paper at keeping moisture in.
  • Oil-free. Foil's not made from petroleum, the way that wax and plastic are.
Personally Speaking: 
Jen has always wrapped her food-to-go in aluminum foil since her mom had a hunch that her school lunches shouldn't be covered in plastics. The only aluminum foil she doesn't recycle are small bits she balls up for Froggy to bat around the kitchen.
Wanna Try: 
  • 100% Recycled Aluminum Foil - 50 sq ft of the stuff ($4). Um, just don't microwave it.
  • Ideal Bite's Tupperware-Free Tip - reasons why we're pro-glass and stainless steel for storing food.
  • Earth911 - find out whether you can recycle various items in your area.
  • Keep in mind that aluminum reacts with anything salty or acidic and could end up in those kinds of food - and yes, you can have too much aluminum in your diet.
  • If you can't avoid plastic wrap (it sure is clingy), avoid ones such as most Reynolds Plastic Wraps, which are made with PVC, the unhealthiest of plastics. Glad Cling Wrap, Handi-Wrap and Saran Wrap are PVC-free.

Cocktail Fact

On April Fool's Day, a Dutch news station reported that if you weren't paying the national TV tax, the only way to avoid detection was to wrap your whole TV in aluminum foil.

Bang For The Bite

Every year, Americans use enough plastic wrap to cover all of Texas. Switch to recycled, recyclable aluminum foil for safer, eco-friendlier food wrapping.

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