Now multiply that by the number of children in just one school and you get a whole lot of trash! One of the best ways to decrease the mounds of lunchtime waste that is generated by children is by packing them a reusable lunch.
Launched in August 2008, KIDS KONSERVE offers a kind of one stop shopping to make packing a reusable lunch easy. KIDS KONSERVE offers a complete line of cute, easy to use, reusable food storage options:
- Waste-free Lunch Kits
- Organic Cotton Napkins
- Beverage Bottles
- Multi size and shaped food-grade stainless steel Reusable Containers
- Canvas Sacks
- 12 oz insulated food-grade stainless steel Thermos
- Food Cozy (instead of sandwich bags)
- Draw String Party Paks
All made from the safest, non-leaching, bisphenol-A free (BPA) lead free and phthalate free
materials.
Reusable, waste-free lunch kit includes:
- Recycled cotton sack (7" W x 10.5" T x 4.5" with Butterfly, Caterpillar, or plain)
- Cloth napkin
- Food-grade stainless steel beverage bottle
- Food kozy
- Two food-grade stainless steel food containers
Pricing for the kits range from $40 to $42.
You can also buy individual pieces and mix and match what you need.
From now until June 30th you can receive 10% off your Kids Konserve order by using coupon code: overcoffee (it is never too early to start planning for next school year)
Lynn Julian and Chance Claxton are the Moms behind Kids Konserve. Learn how and why they started this environmentally friendly, waste reducing company (Meet the Moms).
You may also want to visit the Kids Korner where you and your children can find fun facts, waste reducing tips and contests.
Before the next school year starts I would highly recommend visiting Kids Konserve and letting your children pick the reusable lunch products they would like to use to reduce their 67 lbs of lunchtime trash!

Oh, how neat!
Last summer I found some sandwich wraps on the website, Nubius Organics. I bought a few and used them all summer for our poolside lunches. Then my mom made me some more and I used them all school year in my kids' lunch boxes. I estimate about 500 plastic sandwich bags were not used by our family in the past year.
Yaa for you and your family! That is music to my ears
Sounds like I will have to check out that website.