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So you’ve cut back on costs by bringing your own lunch and sending your kids to school with a brown bag. But how much is your lunch costing the environment?
Think about all the pre-packaged snacks you throw in and how much of your lunch ends up in the trash. Don’t get me wrong, you’ve made a wise move by brown-bagging it. Now, the next step is to find ways to make your family’s lunch a little more eco-friendly.
Here are just a few ways to ditch the plastic, trash and expensive individually wrapped snacks:
- Opt for Tupperware and/or other reusable containers
- Cloth napkins and real utensils can be reused (little one’s should probably stick with plastic utensils to be safe – a spork can help keep trash to a minimum)
- Reusable lunch box or bag – check out these nifty eco-friendly lunch/snack packs. You don’t have to spend a lot of money on this either – why not make your own?! Buy a cheap lunch box and use recycled paper, stickers, etc. to have a fun craft day with the kids.
- Make your own snacks, like fruits and veggies, to avoid trash-bound wrappers
Also, if you’re at a loss for what to pack, here are some cheap and healthy lunch ideas for kids and grown-ups alike:
- Cheap and healthy brown bag ideas
- Hot, cold and bag lunch ideas for the whole fam
- One-stop shop for work lunch ideas
- TLC Cooking: How to pack a healthy lunch
