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We all know about plastics and how much is in the sea. This week our school banned prepacked drinks with plastic straws.
So reserching plastic free lunchbox items. Not as easy as you think. I've made a few changes, but could you pack a plastic free lunch box? Not just the items in, but the box and drink too?
Things to consider = yoghurt.
Sandwhich fillings = cheese & ham?
Fruit
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Grease proof paper to wrap your sandwiches in and other savoury items.
Whole fruit goes in separately or use old jam jars etc to put things like grapes, strawberry etc in.
Everything else just in their sections in bento box style completely reusable
Then a food flask for hot meals in the winter |
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"I'm not sure glass would be allowed as it's breakable. Not quite sure what could be used but watching this thread with interest. "
If we're to assume the broken glass to be used offensively then so can a metal can, which only leaves you with plastic. |
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OK, my daughter is a specialist in oceanography and marine biology and regardless of what we do in usage or not usage its all down to disposal...plastic is still the most recyclable material in the world, its just the plebs of the world who refuse to put the rubbish in the bin provided. |
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It would seem by recent tv programs that we can't even trust our council recycling to end up in a good place.
Going to the shops with our own reusable containers to put the food into at the shops is in my opinion the best way forward.
Food doesn't need to be prepacked. Meat isnt at the butchers shop, fruit and veg isn't at the greengrocer or market stall.
The packaging on toys is rediculous.
I have a small holding in the countryside. I spend a lot of time in country lanes. It annoys me a little that the focus is on the state of the oceans thousands of miles away. But if that's what it takes.... |
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"I'm not sure glass would be allowed as it's breakable. Not quite sure what could be used but watching this thread with interest.
If we're to assume the broken glass to be used offensively then so can a metal can, which only leaves you with plastic."
Glass is not aloud in schools. So no mason jars ect. |
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"Grease proof paper to wrap your sandwiches in and other savoury items.
Whole fruit goes in separately or use old jam jars etc to put things like grapes, strawberry etc in.
Everything else just in their sections in bento box style completely reusable
Then a food flask for hot meals in the winter "
Agree with grease proof / tin foil for sandwhiches. However most bread brought is in a plastic bag. Fruit from supermarket is prepacked in plastic, can't use jam jars / glass not aloud in schools. |
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"OK, my daughter is a specialist in oceanography and marine biology and regardless of what we do in usage or not usage its all down to disposal...plastic is still the most recyclable material in the world, its just the plebs of the world who refuse to put the rubbish in the bin provided."
Well said x |
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"We all know about plastics and how much is in the sea. This week our school banned prepacked drinks with plastic straws.
So reserching plastic free lunchbox items. Not as easy as you think. I've made a few changes, but could you pack a plastic free lunch box? Not just the items in, but the box and drink too?
Things to consider = yoghurt.
Sandwhich fillings = cheese & ham?
Fruit
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fruit doesn't need plastic a sandwich can be wrapped in coil but is foil eco friendly?  |
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"OK, my daughter is a specialist in oceanography and marine biology and regardless of what we do in usage or not usage its all down to disposal...plastic is still the most recyclable material in the world, its just the plebs of the world who refuse to put the rubbish in the bin provided.
Well said x"
Where does it go after being put into this bin? Serious question |
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I'm making small changes to my plastic use, as regards packed lunches I have a reusable sandwich wrapper which I can wash and use over and over, made in the UK by prison inmates.
I also have a reusable bottle which I use cold fruit tea bags in rather than plain water. And I reuse the empty 2ltr squash bottle filled with squash as I drink a lot at work.
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"OK, my daughter is a specialist in oceanography and marine biology and regardless of what we do in usage or not usage its all down to disposal...plastic is still the most recyclable material in the world, its just the plebs of the world who refuse to put the rubbish in the bin provided.
Well said x
Where does it go after being put into this bin? Serious question"
That's a fair question and something we can only assume that the councils are doing the right thing...but the bigger issue doesn't lie with 1st world countries who care, its the countries that don't. |
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Can I just say
There are two types of plastic (general )
Thermosetting can’t be re used
Thermos plastic
Most thermoplastic can be re used
Let’s now look at how we the public handle out plastics, bags bottles, McDonald’s trays and cups..
We are lazy bastards, (true) we throw all of this into the bin in useable!!!
Wrong!!
It can be reused, maybe not as s bottle, but it can be used for various things
Pladtics: yes we have a problem, but where the problem is ... re-education of end users
Ie the public!!
Recycle and re-use
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"I'm making small changes to my plastic use, as regards packed lunches I have a reusable sandwich wrapper which I can wash and use over and over, made in the UK by prison inmates.
I also have a reusable bottle which I use cold fruit tea bags in rather than plain water. And I reuse the empty 2ltr squash bottle filled with squash as I drink a lot at work.
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Good for you  keep at it.
Although I'd personally use a glass bottle or stainless steel flask for your regular drink refilling as plastic will decompose over time and you don't want that in you. |
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You can use brown paper bags for the overall lunch box and f you can lotus or banana leaves can be folded to secure this maybe with some string. If you buy from bakeries and greengrocers you can reduce your plastic waste by reusing bags ect. Another option is bamboo baskets like the ones used in steamers just be aware that it wouldn't be waterproof |
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I've done some reserch and found 2 zero waste vegan shops near to me. They sell loose, rice, sugar, flour ect you take your own containers. But not really lunch box stuff to be brought from them. Local green grocers and buthcers are anither alturnitive. Although this would involve a double distance drive past my super market. Plus, extra time / petrol and car parking costs.
I've looked at bamboo hait brushes and toothbrushes ect for Christmas lists. Still lots more reserch to do. |
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"We all know about plastics and how much is in the sea. This week our school banned prepacked drinks with plastic straws.
So reserching plastic free lunchbox items. Not as easy as you think. I've made a few changes, but could you pack a plastic free lunch box? Not just the items in, but the box and drink too?
Things to consider = yoghurt.
Sandwhich fillings = cheese & ham?
Fruit
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Hope this gives you some ideas
https://www.theschoolrun.com/best-no-waste-packed-lunch-solutions |
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It's not the plastic, it's the way we use & dispose of it.
Some of my tupperware is older than me, came from my Nana & still doing its job perfectly well.
I try to avoid single use plastic as much as possible, check labels to ensure what I do buy is recyclable.
Hessian bags to carry shopping back.
At home I also use waxed papers wraps to cover food in the fridge. Washable, reusable.
We do have plastic lunch boxes, they have little compartments & pots to store bits, so no cling film used.
Silicon moulds for baking.
It's not much, but every little bit helps |
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"It's not the plastic, it's the way we use & dispose of it.
Some of my tupperware is older than me, came from my Nana & still doing its job perfectly well.
I try to avoid single use plastic as much as possible, check labels to ensure what I do buy is recyclable.
Hessian bags to carry shopping back.
At home I also use waxed papers wraps to cover food in the fridge. Washable, reusable.
We do have plastic lunch boxes, they have little compartments & pots to store bits, so no cling film used.
Silicon moulds for baking.
It's not much, but every little bit helps "
there used to be tupperware parties in the olden days |
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"It's not the plastic, it's the way we use & dispose of it.
Some of my tupperware is older than me, came from my Nana & still doing its job perfectly well.
I try to avoid single use plastic as much as possible, check labels to ensure what I do buy is recyclable.
Hessian bags to carry shopping back.
At home I also use waxed papers wraps to cover food in the fridge. Washable, reusable.
We do have plastic lunch boxes, they have little compartments & pots to store bits, so no cling film used.
Silicon moulds for baking.
It's not much, but every little bit helps there used to be tupperware parties in the olden days"
My Nana used to do them, started back in the '40s when my dad was a baby!
Hence the huge family collection of tubs 
We all say plastic is bad, but if you can still be using something nrly 70yrs later it isn't! |
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You can buy washable reusable lunch bags. When I do a pack up for our child she gets hers all put in tubs from other things. She asked me not to use them as a kid laughed at her for having her meal in a butter tub but I told her to tell them she’s saving the planet lol. We don’t use a lot of single use plastic but some can’t be avoided as that’s how it is when purchased. We don’t buy kitchen roll, just use tea towels and dish cloths for everything. We don’t buy things like juice boxes with straws often because there’s a water bottle for school. I haven’t gotten her a bento box as we have enough tubs and little pots to put things together. I’ve used wax paper in a pinch as well. G has a packed lunch most days but he brings leftover meals in containers that get washed and reused. - Mrs |
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