Comments on: Today’s Lunch Special: a Green and Trash-Free Lunch http://earth911.com/blog/2007/09/26/todays-lunch-special/ Make Everyday Earth Day Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:30:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Chris Campabello http://earth911.com/blog/2007/09/26/todays-lunch-special/comment-page-1/#comment-18105 Chris Campabello Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:24:03 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2007/09/26/todays-lunch-special/#comment-18105 Great tips, we all need to do as much as possible and get our communities educated and involved. Maybe post these in your company's lunch/break room for others to implement. One other thing to think about are those plastic & stryo "take-away" food containers. Ask your favorite restaurants, office cafeteria's, grocery store deli's, etc., to switch to bio-plastics, that are fully biodegradable, even in a landfill. They are even microwavable! They take 65% less energy to produce and generate 68% less greenhouse gases. Great tips, we all need to do as much as possible and get our communities educated and involved. Maybe post these in your company’s lunch/break room for others to implement.
One other thing to think about are those plastic & stryo “take-away” food containers. Ask your favorite restaurants, office cafeteria’s, grocery store deli’s, etc., to switch to bio-plastics, that are fully biodegradable, even in a landfill. They are even microwavable! They take 65% less energy to produce and generate 68% less greenhouse gases.

]]> By: frank http://earth911.com/blog/2007/09/26/todays-lunch-special/comment-page-1/#comment-10538 frank Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:04:53 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2007/09/26/todays-lunch-special/#comment-10538 Slightly off-topic since I know this wasn't the intended focus, but another approach to a green lunch is not just green packaging, but green food. Eat local, organic, or probably most effective, meat-free. :o) Oh, except your kids might hate you for that... Slightly off-topic since I know this wasn’t the intended focus, but another approach to a green lunch is not just green packaging, but green food. Eat local, organic, or probably most effective, meat-free. :o)
Oh, except your kids might hate you for that…

]]> By: sillysel http://earth911.com/blog/2007/09/26/todays-lunch-special/comment-page-1/#comment-10329 sillysel Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:54:15 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2007/09/26/todays-lunch-special/#comment-10329 Not only does this concept apply to students at school, it applies to the millions of people who bring their lunches every day for work. Not only does this concept apply to students at school, it applies to the millions of people who bring their lunches every day for work.

]]> By: bravenewleaf http://earth911.com/blog/2007/09/26/todays-lunch-special/comment-page-1/#comment-8939 bravenewleaf Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:15:30 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2007/09/26/todays-lunch-special/#comment-8939 Fantastic that efforts to reduce packaging waste in schools has been so successful! I hope to see more schools draw inspiration from the above commenters programs (and hopefully this article!) A similar packaging demon for adults and families are those 100-calorie packs that are everywhere. Those of us dieting enjoy the convenience they can provide when attempting to control the size of your portions, but consider this: -They are approximately an 8x mark-up on price than the regular item -They have 4-6x the packaging of the regular item -That packaging is generally not recyclable. Snack Packs are a waste of packaging and money! :) http://www.bravenewleaf.com --A new greenie trying to reduce her carbon footprint. Fantastic that efforts to reduce packaging waste in schools has been so successful! I hope to see more schools draw inspiration from the above commenters programs (and hopefully this article!)

A similar packaging demon for adults and families are those 100-calorie packs that are everywhere. Those of us dieting enjoy the convenience they can provide when attempting to control the size of your portions, but consider this:

-They are approximately an 8x mark-up on price than the regular item
-They have 4-6x the packaging of the regular item
-That packaging is generally not recyclable.

Snack Packs are a waste of packaging and money! :)

http://www.bravenewleaf.com
–A new greenie trying to reduce her carbon footprint.

]]> By: fklock http://earth911.com/blog/2007/09/26/todays-lunch-special/comment-page-1/#comment-2008 fklock Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:29:23 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2007/09/26/todays-lunch-special/#comment-2008 This program works! We at Carbon County Environmental Education Center have been teaching this program for over 5 years by way of a trash weighing contest. The volume of trash that is brought to our center in student lunches has dropped dramatically - to almost nothing. Some classes bring us NO trash at all! Lunchables are an enemy of the earth!!! This program works! We at Carbon County Environmental Education Center have been teaching this program for over 5 years by way of a trash weighing contest. The volume of trash that is brought to our center in student lunches has dropped dramatically – to almost nothing. Some classes bring us NO trash at all! Lunchables are an enemy of the earth!!!

]]> By: fklock http://earth911.com/blog/2007/09/26/todays-lunch-special/comment-page-1/#comment-2004 fklock Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:10:10 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2007/09/26/todays-lunch-special/#comment-2004 We've been holding a no trash lunch contest between elementary school classes for over 5 years at Carbon County Environmental Education Center. www.carboneec.org Ther result has been greatly reduces trash from 3 districts!!! We’ve been holding a no trash lunch contest between elementary school classes for over 5 years at Carbon County Environmental Education Center. http://www.carboneec.org Ther result has been greatly reduces trash from 3 districts!!!

]]> By: Learning resources for thinking kids and their parents. http://earth911.com/blog/2007/09/26/todays-lunch-special/comment-page-1/#comment-1978 Learning resources for thinking kids and their parents. Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:03:47 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2007/09/26/todays-lunch-special/#comment-1978 [...] Read more at Earth911.com. [...] [...] Read more at Earth911.com. [...]

]]> By: dgclip1981 http://earth911.com/blog/2007/09/26/todays-lunch-special/comment-page-1/#comment-1926 dgclip1981 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 03:08:09 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2007/09/26/todays-lunch-special/#comment-1926 Great ideas! Great ideas!

]]> By: christykarsten http://earth911.com/blog/2007/09/26/todays-lunch-special/comment-page-1/#comment-1913 christykarsten Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:38:03 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2007/09/26/todays-lunch-special/#comment-1913 Great article. Really enjoyed it. I will impliment the ideas. :) Great article. Really enjoyed it. I will impliment the ideas. :)

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