Whether you’re heading back to school or off to work, packing your lunch is an incredibly meaningful & eco-friendly step for your health and for the planet. You can cut out waste from your lunchbox by skipping disposable products like plastic wrap, disposable bags, and foils and replacing them with reusable items! Here’s a short list of Eco Girl solutions to your most common eco-friendly lunchbox questions.
Where Can I Find a Plastic-Free Ice Pack?
The Stainless Steel Ice Pack
Nope, that’s not a sleek new phone or tofu from the future – that’s a plastic-free, stainless steel ice pack!
While most ice packs are made of plastic, these are made of high quality, 18/8 grade stainless steel.
Sleek, slim, and great for kids or adults
Time to replace your plastic ice pack? You can get a Plastic-Free Ice Pack for $14.00
What Do I use Instead of Zip Lock Bags for my Sandwich?
A Beeswax Sandwich Wrap
Skip the zip locking baggies! This reusable sandwich wrap can even be used as a place mat to eat on – less mess on ze’ desk!
Simply build your sandwich, fold in the corners and wrap string around the wooden bee button. Open and use. Voila!
Great for children or adults. This wrap lasts a long time with proper care, saving the planet and saving you money on plastic bags
What’s an Eco-Friendly Solution to Squished Sandwiches?
The Stainless Steel Sandwich Box
Sandwiches tend to get squished? No worries – This stainless steel sandwich box is tough yet compact.
Conveniently sized to fit a standard sandwich on the bottom, plus it features a second compartment on top for a small side like veggie sticks or trail mix. This is great if you usually pack a sandwich and maybe one other thing. It’s also flat on top so stacking other containers on top of it in your lunch bag is easy peasy.
Affordable Stainless Steel Sandwich Box only $13.00
What’s an Eco-Friendly Way to Pack Chips, Pretzels, Etc?
Hipster Lumberjack Beavers want to help (Who knew?!)
These zippered snack and sandwich pouches are perfect for dry goods like pretzels, raw broccoli, trail mix, and other snacks. Handmade by really awesome people in Canada to last a long time. Needless to say, they’re cuter than your disposable plastic bags + they can go in the washing machine!
Other Stainless Steel Lunchboxes Seem Too Small
The X-Large 3 Layer Eco-Friendly Lunchbox
We call this the “big mama!” Lunchboxes can full up quick! It measures 9″ (11 including the handle). This style is great if you’re packing lunch and a snack, or if you’re packing larger volume items like popcorn + a salad + a pear. Better to have extra room than not enough, we thinks!
The convenient carrying handle might be the best part. We’ve clipped it onto a backpack on hikes and picnics too!
Plastic free, packaged in a simple cardboard sleeve, made of durable stainless steel, ready to be your eco-friendly lunchbox.
What Do I Do Instead of Plastic Utensils?
Zero Waste Utensil Wrap
Bringing your own utensils avoids using plastic ones, which often aren’t recyclable. So yeah, that party pack of utensils bought for the company picnic years ago is in a landfill somewhere.
This wrap has utensil slots and rolls up to keep silverware from rolling & poking around your purse or bag. It’s also handmade in Georgia by a small, family owned business!
Zero Waste Wrap with or without utensils $28.00-$36.00
