Your lunch box is green...but what about the stuff inside your lunch box? Millions of sandwiches a year get packed in disposable plastic baggies, and we would be willing to bet that not of all of those get carried home, washed, and reused. So how do you carry sandwiches if you don't put them in a sandwich bag? One solution is the Wrap-N-Mat. It is both a reusable sandwich wrap, and also a clever lunch place mat, all in one.
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Fold the Wrap-N-Mat around your food, and then secure the velcro, for a food-safe way to carry sandwiches inside your lunch box. $17.95 for a set of three, in either green, blue, red check, or 'eco-print'. While we wonder about cross-contamination (they wipe clean, but is that enough to get rid of food-born contamination?), we are pleased to see alternative methods to sandwich-packing, beyond the ubiquitous sandwich baggie.
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I bought three of these (slightly cheaper because they were dorky patterns on sale) and ran them through the washing machine because the literature said they were "washable" (now I'm not sure whether they said "machine washable"--probably not). The plastic side ripped. Now I've switched to handwashing them with the dishes, which is more effective than wiping clean, but a little annoying.
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I use aluminum foil to wrap my sandwiches, then it gets tossed into the recycling bin with the aluminum cans at my university. Which is more 'green': buying a product I don't need, or going through quite a bit of aluminum foil a month even though it's recycled?
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I was trying to figure this out today
the best thing i could think of was a plastic lock and lock type container which i can easily wash, reuse, and use for other kinds of food storage
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Check out www.4myearth.com.au. Soon to be available in the US. The plastic lining is fused right to the fabric, and these are machine washable and more durable. Bonus: the plastic lining is supposedly biodegradable, so you don't have to feel guilty if your kids accidentally toss it out.
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