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It is easy to help the environment!
Use this article to create lunches that reduce waste.
ENVIRONMENTAL CHOICE
· Carry your lunch in a lunch box, a reusable bag or at least a brown
bag made from recycled
paper.
· Try a reusable container for your drinks.
· Use reusable containers for your sandwiches and desserts.
· Use reusable forks, spoons and knives or wash plastic ware and use
it again.
· Buy desserts in bulk and make individual servings using reusable
containers. It costs less and
· reduces your garbage. Or buy desserts that don't use packaging (apples)
or have their own
packaging (bananas).
· If you must eat out, recycle plastic cups, bottles and cans. Even
some fast food plastic soda cups are recyclable.
·
NOT AS GOOD A CHOICE
· Disposable or paper lunch bags. (If you bring your lunch to school
every day, that's 180 bags each school year).
· Ready-made packaged lunches. (You will save at least 180 packages
each school year).
· Disposable forks, spoons and knives.
· Individually packaged desserts.
Did You Know?
With the office and writing paper we throw away every year, we could build
a 12 foot high wall from
Los Angeles to New York City! If you use a disposable lunch bag, you will
make between 4 - 8 ounces of garbage every day, that's 45 - 90 pounds of garbage
per year! Being mindful of how you pack your lunch and what you eat will help
save . . ..
· landfill space
· natural resources
· energy
· money
· your planet
and will help you generate less pollution!
Remember...
Reduce Reuse Recycle
Compost and Buy Recycled!
If you have any question about waste reduction, reuse or recycling, or any
ideas to help reduce, reuse, recycle, compost buy recycled go to http://www.capeelizabeth.com/recycle/.