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My kids were in preschool when I started the daily battle of the lunch.
What to pack? (Answer: healthy stuff they’ll eat!) How to pack it?
(Answer: containers they can open & close and that don’t fill up the
garbage can!).
Trouble was my kids couldn’t open a lot of the little
tight-lidded plastic containers I used for cut fruits, yogurts and other
snacks. So I often resorted to plastic baggies because they were cheap,
easy to open/close and contained things both wet and dry. But I wasn’t
happy with the waste we were creating. I tried using recyclable wax
paper bags, but sandwiches dried out and wet stuff, like cut fruit,
turned the wax paper to mush, creating a big mess.
My next experiment in lunchware was with the cute Japanese
bento boxes I discovered in San Francisco’s Japantown. My daughter
especially loved the Hello Kitty designs! These bentos were really
decorative and fun, but wouldn’t fit sandwiches and the plastic hinges
broke easily. And I wasn’t interested in continuing to use plastic.
Bad news on plastic and its danger to people and the planet
kept emerging as the years passed. At that time, hard plastics (like the
Nalgene bottles) were believed to be generally safe. The squeezy
plastics (like Ketchup and mayonnaise bottles) were to be avoided. Yet
studies were showing that even the hard plastics could pose health
hazards.
I yearned to avoid the throw-away plastic baggies, the plastic
Tupperware food containers and the plastic/vinyl lunchboxes sold at the
big-box retailers that are so ubiquitous. But as I searched high and
low in sporting goods stores, big-box retailers and online, I was unable
to put together a lunch kit that met my needs. I wondered, "What is the
best way to pack a lunch?" That was when, about five years ago, I
resolved to develop a lunch kit for kids ages 3 to 103... something
healthy for people and the planet.
What I’ve come up with is a back-to-the-basics solution. The
kit starts with a 100% cotton, machine washable bag with matching cloth
napkins. Inside the bag, which can be converted from shoulder bag, to
sling bag to backpack, are reusable bamboo utensils, and a two-level
stainless steel ECOlunchbox sized to fit a sandwich. What have I left
out? Plastics. Disposables. Vinyl. PVC. Lead. And, of course, the lunch.
That part is up to you!
I hope you and your family enjoy using my ECOlunchbox Kit.
After all, it’s healthy for people and the planet. What could taste
better than that?
Sandra Ann Harris
Founder
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