Comments on: Reusable Cloth Sandwich / Snack Bags Review

By: 13 Reasons To Find Alternatives To Plastic — Family Love Village

13 Reasons To Find Alternatives To Plastic — Family Love Village — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:39:27 +0000

[...] Bring your own reusable container for take-outs at restaurants that serve in plastic or Styrofoam. Even ask the butcher at your grocery store to package your food in your reusable container. And pack your lunches in these reusable containers, as well. A reusable container could come in the form of stainless steel tiffins or non-toxic sandwich bags made from cotton. A couple of resources are http://www.happytiffin.com and a great review on various sandwich bags and wraps comes from My Plastic Free Life. [...]

By: Basal Challenge Week #5 | basal evolution

Basal Challenge Week #5 | basal evolution — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:24:55 +0000

[...] 14. Can or dehydrate foods, or avoid plastic storage bags (really cool cloth bags are found here). 15. Make your own snacks (most all snacks come in plastic bags!). 16. Compost food waste. 17. [...]

By: Plastic, Plastic Everywhere And In Our Air | Moms Clean Air Force

Plastic, Plastic Everywhere And In Our Air | Moms Clean Air Force — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:13:16 +0000

[...] utensils. Send kids to school with reusable lunchboxes or bags and stainless steel containers or washable cloth snack/sandwich baggies. Carry a set of bamboo or other utensils to avoid plastic ones. Bring your own food containers to [...]

By: Beth Terry

Beth Terry — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:57:05 +0000

Hi Christine. I just toss my reusable bags in with my regular laundry loads, and I think the difference in water and energy, if there is any, is negligible. The snack/sandwich bags are small.

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:00:52 +0000

I found the article really interesting, and would probably choose to have a number of cotton bags (with spares for laundry time) and store them in something liket he umbrella bags.
And I really enjoyed the various comments that I read.
One thing that did strike me, however, is the effects of the extra laundry. I personally do not fancy the idea of food, even sandwiches or whatever fairly dry, in the same bag even 2 days in a row. That seems, to me, to be inviting problems.
Don’t get me wrong – I do not believe that super-hygiene is the healthiest way to live. But nor do I think that it’s a great idea to potentially be inviting problems by lack of hygiene or cleanliness.
And extra laundry then begs other questions for green living!

By: Plastic-Free February, Days 6-8 – Eat Drink Better

Plastic-Free February, Days 6-8 – Eat Drink Better — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 06:13:30 +0000

[...] but I know a lot of people are, so I thought I’d link to this page that reviews several reusable cloth sandwich snack bags. The site is a treasure trove of plastic-free ideas. Cloth baggies can be a bit pricey, but [...]

By: My Adventure with Creating a Safe Reusable Sandwich/Snack Bag | Harmonic Mama and the Noisy Armadillos

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:53:09 +0000

[...] Reusable Cloth Sandwich / Snack Bags Review and Give-away (fakeplasticfish.com) [...]

By: Yuki

Yuki — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:40:25 +0000

My first choice is Upcycled fabric bags because they are truly plastic free and because i don’t really need something waterproof. If I want a waterproof container I will choose a glass or stainless steel container. Another cool thing: they are machine washable!

So here they are:

1- Upcycled fabric bag
2- Graze Organic bag
3- Blustery Day Nylon umbrella bags

I want to make my own for a long time now but but I never seem to get the time…

As for what I will be doing this week to reduce plastic waste is starting to use cloth wipes instead of toilet paper (for pee only). I do it more to reduce my paper consumption even if I buy only recycled toilet paper but where I live I have no choice to buy toilet paper wrapped in plastic so by reducing the amount of toilet paper I need, I will reduce that plastic waste.

Thanks for this awesome giveaway!

Yuki
yuki@michelf.com

By: Lea

Lea — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:16:44 +0000

Holy Crike! My colleague just wrote a power point presentation on Plastics and Reproductive Health and it’s completely freaked me out – she mentioned your website so I’m grateful for the suggestions (sadly I read all this during lunch….)

What I’ll do this week – throw out ALL my plastic lunch tupperware and purchase glass lunch containers! And start posting information about going plastic free. And then I’ll have to get rid of the large plastic water bottle on my desk that I use for tea ……

By: Corinne

Corinne — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 07:53:12 +0000

I hope I’m not too late to get in on this. We are doing a slow but steady trek towards no plastic in our family. Our little girl is going to start going to a daycare soon, one that we chose specifically because they only use cloth diapers, and she’ll need some cloth baggies for her snacks. I could, of course, make her some. But if you’re giving them away that’s even better! :) We would love the Upcycled fabric bags, the Graze Organic bag and then last (but not least: yay to your friend!) the umbrella bags. Thank you.