Pack a Waste-Free Lunch
A waste-free lunch means that you have no packaging to throw away when you're done - nothing other than apple cores, banana and orange peels, peach or cherry pits. The best way to reduce garbage is to not create it. (source: Environmental Forum of Marin)
Five Simple Ways to Pack a Waste-Free Lunch
YES | NO |
|---|---|
REUSABLE carrier (cloth bag, lunchbox) | NO throw-away bags |
REUSABLE containers | NO plastic wrap, foil or styrofoam |
THERMOS for drinks | NO single-use cartons or cans |
CLOTH NAPKIN to wash and re-use | NO paper napkins |
SILVERWARE to wash and re-use | NO plastic forks and spoons |
Lunch Waste Facts
ALUMINUM FOIL | More than 20 million Hershey's kisses are wrapped with 133 square miles of foil every day |
ALUMINUM AND TIN CANS | In the time it takes you to read this sentence, more than 50,000 12-oz. aluminum cans were made |
BANANA AND ORANGE PEELS | Food debris in a landfill decompose only 25% in the first 15 years (try composting or vermiculture!) |
JUICE BOXES | Most inorganic trash retains its weight, volume, and form for at least four decades |
PAPER BAGS AND NAPKINS | It is estimated that 17 trees are cut down for every ton of non-recycled paper |
PLASTIC BOTTLES, FORKS, WRAP | U.S. citizens discard 2-1/2 million plastic bottles EVERY HOUR |
STYROFOAM | U.S. citizens throw away 25 billion styrofoam cups EVERY YEAR |
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