A random conversation – if commenting back and forth on Facebook can be considered a conversation!- started me thinking today. The discussion thread whatever was concerning school lunches, and the not so new trend towards litterless lunches. Some schools even have contests to see who can bring the least garbage. “Come on honey, that chocolate bar rapper has fibre! Munch away.”
A friend was lamenting the fact that trying to pack all those plastic reusable containers in her childs lunch bag was a challenge. Another person pointed her to an Etsy site that was marketing fabric lunch “baggies”. My ears immediately perked up. Fabric? Sewing? Dragons Den here I come!
A quick search showed me that there are more sustainable lunch containers out there. But is there really a large enough market for them? Or are parents ultimately going to go the easier route of those round/square plastic containers?
Personally I have not given it much thought before now. For lunch I generally rummage through the fridge wondering why the food fairy hasn’t made a delivery. My offspring are past elementary or highschool age. I think they are under the impression that I never made them a lunch anyways! Bad mommy!
I am always on the lookout for new schemes though. I think it started when I was about 11 and my dad’s make work project for us for the summer was to hoe milkweeds from the corn fields. I spent most of the time scheming about how, if we let the milkweed pods mature, I could use the fluff to stuff pillows, and even whole duvet covers… my own little industry! Don’t laugh now- apparently someone “stole” the idea that my 11 year old brain thought up. I don’t think they are making a fortune though!
Not only am I digressing now, but I just wasted a half hour spent way too much time researching milkweeds!
Back to the question at hand. Would people really pay money for fabric/PUL snack sacks?
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I am not under the impression, I know it for a fact.
Also,
http://lunchsense.com/
Love,
The human Google.
Oh, oh!! YOU, Connie Bontje, need a another WEDDING to absorb your creative energy with…
More “thou” than lunch bags, me thinks…
Soft hug,
Rhonda in Montreal (PR)
Probably, but would you actually WANT to make them? Sounds like boring sewing to me…
I think you are right Kay. I think that I have enabled my fellow conversation participants into trying to make their own!
my favourite part of this post: “Come on honey, that chocolate bar *rapper* has fibre! Munch away.”
Awesome, thanks mom
Lauren
ps. I’ve gotten multiple compliments on my license plate during the past week.
Oh my Lord- Did I write Rapper not Wrapper! My finger must have slipped when I was typing the “w”!
They would if they were cheaper. Have you seen that reusable sandwich wrapper? It’s like $7 or $8. I made mine out of PUL. Just Friday I was looking into buying diaper cuts to make the baggies but my place went out of business and now I’ve got to find another.
I like to think that you meant to write rapper just for fun.