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Green Living Blog: Make your lunches greener

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Green Living Blog: Make your lunches greener

Green Living Blog logo After reading this post, don't forget to enter our contest – you could win a new dishwasher. Plus, do you have your own story to tell? Send it to greenchallenge@canadianliving.com (no more than 300 words, please), and you could win one of 30 daily prizes. Today's winner is Irene Leung of Port Dover, Ont.
I have been aware of the excess packaging I and others waste on a daily basis every time we eat lunches, whether it be takeout or brown-bagging it. So, I have come up with ideas on how I can reduce the waste of materials and packaging.I try to avoid take-out food as the restaurants use some sort of container or paper and instead, I make my lunches. Making lunches has enabled me to be creative and thoughtful. I have swayed away from using plastic baggies and throwaway bottles, plastics and tetra-paks. The main key is to use an array of reusable containers which you do not throw away but reuse. Then pack them all in a cooler bag or cooler box packed with reusable ice packs. Here are some of my tips: • Pack sandwiches and salads in lightweight reusable plastic containers. Even the salad dressing can be stored in little reusable containers. • Store cold liquids such as juice or water in insulated wrapped bottles. • Keep a set of eating utensils in your desk drawer so that you can wash and reuse. • Invest in a fashionable cooler bag to hold all of your food and drinks, instead of a brown bag. • When having a picnic lunch, bring reusable plates, cups and utensils for serving. Following these tips have made me become very aware of how damaging it was to the environment when I used to throw out all of the disposable containers or plastic utensils every day at lunch. I hope that if others in the world can follow even just some of these tips, we would be able to have back our green Mother Earth again.
Thanks to Irene for sending in her story – and don't forget, if you still haven't entered, there's still time to send your own story to greenchallenge@canadianliving.com. Calculator and The LoraxIrene wins a TS-1200TG Green Calculator, courtesy of Canon, and a copy of The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, courtesy of Random House. Today's code word: lunch Read more: • 5 ways to be eco-friendly at the officeMake your grocery shopping greenerWhat you can do about rising food prices

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