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.
Everyone needs to grocery shop at some point, fueling the continuing desire to live, even if you're not a big fan of
doing your own cooking. Grocery stores have their own standards for packing bags based upon how to enable your foods to
travel well: cold items with cold items, produce in one bag, don't cram too much in. The last rule is the one that gets
tricky because sometimes it seems like you end up with 10 bags for 10 items when you're leaving the store. It could be
more, if some of the plastic ones are doubled-bagged. Recycling the paper and plastic bags is an excellent idea, but
switching to canvas grocery bags is an even better one. They are reusable, so they help cut down on waste, and many
stores will even give you a per-bag discount for bringing them in! The bags can be purchased at many supermarkets, as
well as being 
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