. <http://www.lunchwithoutwaste.com/LitterlessLunches.aspx>. |
Nine times out of ten, anything that is quick and easy is also extremely harsh on our environment, as shown in my previous blogs. Take wasteful lunching for example. Making lunches can become a very time consuming moment in one’s day. Depending on the meal you have selected for lunch, will determine the length in which it takes to assemble it.
For myself, during preparation I begin my lunch off with a sandwich, usually turkey and mozzarella cheese; a plastic bag is what holds the sandwich from flying apart in my school bag. I then quickly grab a fruit juice box, apple, and granola snack and head out the door—how quick is that! This does not include the cafeteria where I may finish my day off with a sweet treat. After I had started this green change, I had not realized how much of a negative impact, my daily lunch was on our environment. I wrote down a list of garbage materials that consisted in my lunch and began to interrogate my environmentally friendly persona. From plastic bags, to empty juice box containers, to granola bar and candy wrappers, I had finally come to realization that my lunch was plagued with waste—unnecessary garbage that could most definitely be ignored.
So in other words, Trina’s wasteful lunching will be terminated. By simply removing all waste items and replacing them with an environmentally friendly touch. Starting today reusable containers will replace the plastic sandwich bags, a klean kanteen or stainless stain bottle will replace my usually drinking box and instead of a granola bar, I could take some carrots and celery sticks—a much healthier choice, carried in a reusable container. Apples or pears are still included in my lunch, for they are a quick snack, yet do no harm to our planet. I have decided that baked goods are an environmentally friendly way of satisfying my sweet tooth, as well as decreasing my personal candy wrapper contribution.
On an eco-friendly website I found an article that stated every year, each school child will create on average 30kg of waste, by simply eating packaged foods. This website is aimed to help individuals find alternative solutions towards healthy lunches for both child and planet. Many of the replacement items mentioned above were included under the sites. Practical tips, but one item that I failed to incorporate is the stainless steal containers. Some positive reasons why one should invest in these containers are: they are very lightweight, they are shatterproof and you will never experience leaching flavors.
Here is a video clip that helps prepare you to make a litter-less lunch. Tracy Bezeau is interviewing the city of Hamilton’s waste management director Flo Busnello. Flo Busnello explains the difference between boomerang lunches—where you take extras home and litter-less lunches—where you bring NOTHING in your lunch that has to be thrown out. Options such as bringing our drinking mug to a coffee shop and receiving discounts is yet another way for the community to help out it’s people and essentially their environment.
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Here is a video clip that helps prepare you to make a litter-less lunch. Tracy Bezeau is interviewing the city of Hamilton’s waste management director Flo Busnello. Flo Busnello explains the difference between boomerang lunches—where you take extras home and litter-less lunches—where you bring NOTHING in your lunch that has to be thrown out. Options such as bringing our drinking mug to a coffee shop and receiving discounts is yet another way for the community to help out it’s people and essentially their environment.
The less waste you produce, the greener you become and the lighter your ecological foot print will be if you just simply cut down or limit your consumption of wasteful products. ALL NATURAL is the only way to keep our environment safe for future generations to come.
. <http://www.lunchwithoutwaste.com/LitterlessLunches.aspx>. |
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