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- Ronnie Citron-Fink
- August 29, 2010
- 9:07 am
- 94 comments
Summer is fading fast, and while it is bittersweet to say goodbye to those lazy, hazy days of summer, the start of a new school year brings expectations of new beginnings.
In my post about ditching the sandwich bags, it was noted that, “The average American school kid generates 67 pounds of discarded school lunch packaging waste per year. That is more than 18,000 pounds yearly for the average-sized elementary school.”
Why not show your children you care about them and the environment by beginning the school year with these two eco-lunch alternatives to paper and plastic lunch waste that you can make yourself?
2 DIY Projects That Help Cut School Lunch Waste
DIY Eco-Lunch Mat
These Lunch Mats, designed by Creative Kismet are just so cute. Check out how she included a reusable napkin and cutlery. Using eco-fabric or leftover scraps would be greenest choice to create these mats. Here’s the Lunch Mat tutorial.
DIY Eco-Sandwich Wrap
If you haven’t already found an ecological alternative for wrapping your child’s lunch, try making this Sandwich Wrap. Here’s the Sandwich Wrap tutorial.
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Ronnie Citron-Fink
Ronnie Citron-Fink is a writer, editor and educator. She has written hundreds of articles about sustainable living, the environment, design, and family life for websites, books and magazines. Ronnie is the creator of Econesting, and the managing editor of Moms Clean Air Force. Ronnie was named one of the Top Ten Living Green Experts by Yahoo. Ronnie lives in New York with her family.
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94 comments
+ add your ownGood idea thanks for sharing
These are great! My preschooler will be all kitted out for lunch!
Thank you for sharing.
very cute, but would need to be tossed in wash daily???
We got these reusable containers for our sandwiches. We've been using them since 6th grade or something!
Great article. Thanks.
Thanks..
These bags are so cute.
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these are great! we really try hard to not send our children with anything that isn't reusable and will have to consider making these as a holiday type project
i love this idea! and now want to make these for my kids and i to take our lunches, and help save the planet!
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