As we approach Labor Day, you may be thinking about sending your child back to school, and specifically, looking for an alternative to all that extra disposable packaging such a thing entails: the CapriSun foil packets, the plastic-coated string cheese, the ziploc sandwich bags, why, we once even saw a shrink-wrapped red delicious apple... Nature Moms (thanks Treehugger) recommends the new "Laptop Lunchbox." Made of non-carcinogenic plastic, this thing is built to last the season, opening to reveal an assortment of reusable plastic compartments for you to fill with nutritious food that has been "processed" by your own hands. Available from resuablebags.com.
This seems a concept that's too good to leave behind in childhood. Why not bring your own lunch to work in a stylish, stainless-steel set of nesting containers built for the purpose? Visit the city of Bombay at rush hour, and you'll see thousands of office workers carrying these elegantly simple "tiffin boxes" to and fro. These tiffin boxes also make great refrigerator storage boxes, with none of the worries of plastic. Get a stack of three for only $15 at Masala Spirit.
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Tiffin update
I am very happy to have my site (Masala Spirit) featured here at Building Green!
Good news is that my main site, http://www.angelinhome.com , now ships from New York and there are lots more tiffins in all sizes available.
Cheers!
Reusable Bags
At our house we're big fans of reusablebags.com. I especially like the red and white checked reusable sandwich wrappers...(a picnic in every lunch box!)...and we've all got brightly colored Sigg bottles for water.
Rob Harrison AIA
www.harrisonarchitects.com
lyrical sustainable design
Aesthetics
Yes, it's nice to make a pleasurable event out of a packed lunch--I like your idea that every lunch is a picnic. One of the ways in which thoughtful solutions always seem to result in improved quality of the user experience....