Comments on: A (Better) Disposable Lunch: Say No to the Baggie

By: greenish

greenish — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:38:03 +0000

I like the wax paper envelope bags made for sandwiches that you get at Whole Foods. You can toss them in the compost bin (which our school has) or the trash if needed as the wax paper is biodegradable.

I also pack my son’s lunch in an organic cotton lunch bag from Hero Bags – machine washable and made in the USA!
http://www.herobags.com/allstorcolub.html

By: barry

barry — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:28:09 +0000

thanks jamie. i know of the nintendo ds, but didn’t recognize just the letters ‘ds’.

i like peanut & soynut butters, have tried almond butter, know of other nut butters, but ‘sun butter’ is new to me. i’ll look for it at my local health food store on my next visit.

By: Jamie Ervin

Jamie Ervin — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:27:54 +0000

Barry- A DS, is a Nintendo portable, handheld gaming system. Sun butter is a peanut butter like spread made from sunflower seeds for those with nut and soy allergies (and it tastes better than soynut butter.)

Our school is firm on their 100% toss out lunches for field trips. It makes things difficult, but luckily we only have to deal with this once or twice a year (per kid). This round the kiddos ended up eating on the bus due to snow/cold weather, so lunch boxes probably would have worked out okay.

By: barry

barry — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:49:49 +0000

growing up we always wrapped our sandwiches & other things that needed wrapping in wax paper. didn’t usually need any tape to keep sealed. used either our metal lunch boxes or recycled paper bag as the container.
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what’s a “DS” mentioned in the article?

what’s a “sun butter” mentioned in the article?

thnx.

By: Itsy

Itsy — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:21:25 +0000

We have started using – or reusing i should say – multi-tiered stainless steel food containers. The are great as they can be put through the dishwasher or just used to hold my snack stash at work of nuts and chocolate;-) And the whole set locks together. We found our at Happy Tiffin, http://happytiffin.com It’s a good alternative to plasticware.

By: Meg

Meg — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:59:37 +0000

I like the wrap-n-mats and the happy sacks sandwich bags…but it still couldn’t be used on days when kids need a toss away lunch. I would think someone (mom, dad, teacher) could throw it in a backpack or handbag when the kids were done with them and give them back at the end of the day. That might be wishful thinking though.

By: zombiesgirl

zombiesgirl — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:21:51 +0000

I used to live in a country where small sandwich plastic bags were uncommon, sandwiches were usually made in a hot dog bun like bread and then wrapped in recycled quality paper, with the ends twisted, like a hard candy wrapper.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:44:17 +0000

An alternative to the recycled paper you mention for a throw-away lunch might be cloth baggies such as those made and sold by gnomeclothes on etsy: http://www.gnomeclothes.etsy.com (a member of the Eco Etsy Street Team). After eating their lunch, the reusable cloth bags can be shaken out and folded up and put in a coat pocket. I would have a hard time with it if the teachers doing the trip would object to that.