Every morning Tara and I pack lunch for our kids. The kids' school encourages parents to pack waste-free lunches. We want to encourage you to ask your school to do the same--to spread the word that garbage cannot just be reduced but totally eliminated at lunch time.
Here are some of my kids' typical lunch contents and how they are packaged:
- sandwich (wrapped in a wrap-n-mat) [which we sell at CarrotSeed)
- soup (packed in thermos)
- yogurt (purchased in quart-size from the store and served in a reusable tupperware container)
- applesauce (ditto)
- cheese booty (purchased in large bag, served in tupperware)
- hummus (purchased in pint or quart size and packed in tupperware)
- oreos (purchased in large pack, packed in tupperware)
- carrots (ditto)
- an apple or orange (no packaging at all)
- cloth napkin
- real utensils to eat any of the above
Our kids' school also has compost bins outside each building. Encourage your school to do the same--this way the leftover banana peels, orange rinds, etc. can go right in the compost. If your school won't go along with composting, then ask your child to bring his/her leftovers home and you can compost them yourself!
Good luck. Love to hear your comments!
Jerry