As you take your break from work today to sit and eat your lunch, take notice of how much waste you generate every day, just from eating.  1/3 of the waste disposed of in the US is from packaging.  If you noticed that you are throwing your paper bag, plastic Ziploc bags, or your plastic bottles away every day, there is a way to reduce all of this waste to zero!

The easiest thing to stop throwing away every lunch is your paper lunch bag.  They will most likely end up in a landfill and promote the deforestation of our woodlands, which, in turn, reduce the amount of greenhouse gasses we emit into the atmosphere.  A reusable bamboo bag is the perfect substitute to your brown paper lunch bags.  Bamboo is a very sturdy material that is fast and easy to grow.  It also does not do damage to the soil it grows in, leaving fertile soil behind.

You can also ditch your Ziploc bags for reusable stainless steel lunch-ware.  Stainless steel lunch-ware will last almost forever and their production does little damage to the environment unlike their plastic counterparts.  While we are on the topic of stainless steel, there is no longer any need for your plastic water bottles every day that you will most likely end up throwing out where they can be sent to a landfill.  Stainless steel water bottles from New Wave Enviro last almost forever and are super light and durable.  This will help reduce the millions of bottles of water Americans waste every year.

While the task of cleaning up the planet may seem overwhelming, these are some simple ways for you to help out in your every day life.  Who knows, you may just start a trend at work.

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