Did you know that school age children alone, contribute 1.2 billion pounds of lunch waste to the landfill annually? Most of this waste comes from single use packaging such as plastic baggies, wax paper, tin foil and pre-packaged items such as snacks.  This problem could be easily solved if each child took their lunch to school.

My son has always taken his lunch to school. Unfortunately, his lunch box is huge. It  has to be big enough to hold the several smaller reusable containers that I have to pack his lunch in. Most days parts of his lunch come home, untouched. I think this is because he grabs whatever is closest to him to eat. Another reason is he says, they don't have a lot of time to each lunch. That started me thinking that I needed to find a better lunch box solution for him.

 I have recently seen these really great reusable Bento Boxes that I think would be perfect to send his lunch in. You can find Bento Boxes or Laptop Lunch Boxes in an array of shapes and colors. I like the Bento Boxes so much because  once you pop open the lid, all of your lunch is there for you to enjoy. You don't have to open several smaller containers and arrange everything before you can start to eat. The best part, there is no packaging waste to throw away.

I will definitely be purchasing a Bento Box for my son for this coming school year and I have several friends that say they will be buying them too.

Would you consider a Bento Style Lunch Box?

Photo Courtesy of Laptop Lunches.

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