When it comes to packing up a sandwich, what do you use to keep that sandwich fresh and unscathed until lunchtime? I imagine that the majority of you use some sort of disposable plastic bag (whether it be zip or fold top). Assuming that you toss those plastic bags at the end of your lunch hour (or that your kid tosses it out when it's time to head out to recess) it begins to amount to quite a few plastic bags. There are reusable plastic container options out there, but what about checking out a reusable sandwich wrap?
If you want to make your own, check out out how this Australian mom made a sandwich wrapper for her daughter out of some fabric, a zip top bag and some old velcro (via Green Daily).
Last year at the Vegan Lunch Box, Jennifer posted instructions from a reader on how to make a reusable sandwich wrapper out of polyurethane laminate coated fabric.
If you're not feeling crafty, you can buy a ready-to-go wrapper at Wrap-n-Mat.
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3-12-2008 @ 2:12PM
Michael Schmitt said...
Didn't you just post something about lemons being a really germy mess that is going to kill someone, and now you're posting about reusable sandwich fabric wraps? I don't think that this is such a good idea...
How are you supposed to wash this germy mess after kids grubby hands get onto it or the sandwich contents squish out onto the fabric? Throw it into the dishwasher? Throw it into the washing machine in which you're going to get laundry detergent into the fibers so your kids will be eating detergent residue?
I'm all for saving the planet, but... this is ridiculous...
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3-12-2008 @ 2:48PM
Alex said...
Ummmm...it's lined with plastic, you wash it with hot soapy water.
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3-12-2008 @ 4:07PM
Anon said...
Hmm, just like most restaurants do with those germy death-lemons...
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3-12-2008 @ 11:25PM
LM said...
Reusable sandwich bags sound like a great idea. I think it would be pretty easy to wash these out with hot water and dish detergent, then prop them up on a drinking glass to dry. I reuse plastic bags from the grocery store all the time and I am alive to tell the tale.
"I'm all for saving the planet..." (except when it is a little inconvenient.)
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3-13-2008 @ 2:20PM
AE said...
For the people who are a little less hardcore, waxed paper is a good alternative.
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3-14-2008 @ 5:03AM
Micah said...
Is that a piece of tarpaulin with velcro attached? Yeah, I don't think I'll be wrapping my sammiches in the same material I cover my car with when it's raining, thanks.
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