Free Anti-Smush Box for Your Lunch
September 29, 2009
Lunch box, Free! from your supermarket
Do you take your lunch to work? To school? On picnics? Tailgating? Wherever it is that you’re transporting food, you have to figure out how to get it there, right? I pack my lunch practically every single working day of my life. Unless, of course, there’s nothing in my fridge, which certainly does happen. For a while, I was toting my lunch around in disposable plastic containers (a.k.a Ziplock or Glad) stuffed into a Publix shopping bag. Almost eco-friendly, but my lunch-box savvy was definitely lacking.
My daughter also packs her lunch everyday for school, because unlike most teenagers she really doesn’t want to eat deep fried okra, pizza and cold potato bar everyday from the school cafeteria. She took her lunch to school wrapped in a paper towel stuffed into a (eek!) plastic grocery bag.
One day we figured it out. All those little plastic containers that come home from the grocery store packed with things like blueberries, salad greens, etc.… most of those are not friendly #1 or #2 recyclable. (Although surprisingly, some are, so be sure to check on the bottom). Most are icky #5’s or #7’s. But, hey folks… they have lids…. and they are the perfect solution to keeping your lunch from getting smushed.
So, if you’re a lunch carrier, but not a lunch box carrier, think about repurposing, reusing those great plastic food containers from the grocery store! And, at least, if it does accidentally get tossed, you know it got several good reuses before hitting the trash!
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4 Comments Leave a Comment
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Ann | September 30, 2009 at 9:08 am
Great idea! No more smashed grapes or sandwiches. Thank you for the tip!!
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Jenny | September 30, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Hi Ann! Thanks for reading and posting! Have any other ideas on how to reuse those pesky plastic containers?
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Doug Archer | October 10, 2009 at 7:14 am
Your post made me get up and go in the kitchen to check something. I’m a coffee hound. I typically drink Folgers and now it comes in this heavy duty plastic container. It’s big enough that the empty container is great for repurposing as a container for nuts and bolts or any number of items down in the garage. I can’t make myself throw them away, and if I did, because of your post I know to throw it in the recycle bin rather than the trash can. See….your blog is at least making people think Jenn
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Jenny | October 10, 2009 at 9:13 am
Hey Doug, glad to hear you’re thinking about recycling. Just be sure to check your coffee container before putting it in the recycle bin… check the bottom and be sure the number in the little triangle is either a 1 or a 2. If so, it’s recylable, if not take it down to the garage and fill it up with stuff.
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