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Find a lunch box or bag that's large enough to hold the food you usually pack. Keep the lunch box in a fridge to keep your food cold until lunchtime. When you're finished eating, make sure to bring your box back home to use the next day. Look for an insulated lunch box if you need to keep food hot or cold. If you don't have an insulated lunch box or access to a fridge, put a reusable ice pack in your lunch box to keep it cold. Steel lunch boxes are great alternatives if you want to avoid using plastic or other packing containers. Lunch boxes are sold in many stores throughout the year, but more designs will be available during the late summer when back to school shopping occurs. If you need to use a brown paper bag, be sure to recycle it when you're finished. Avoid using plastic bags to store your food. Use portion-sized containers to reduce the amount of space you use inside your lunch box. When you're finished with your lunch, put the containers back in your lunch box so you can wash them at home. Reusable containers also help you save money since you don't have to keep buying plastic storage bags. Bento boxes are reusable containers with multiple compartments so you can store many kinds of food in one easy to carry package. Fill a hard plastic bottle with your preferred drink rather than buying single-serve bottles. Add a few ice cubes to keep your drink cold. When you're finished with your drink, you can rinse it out and fill it with water throughout the day. Wash your bottle each night to use again the next day. Keep hot drinks, or even soup, in a Thermos to keep them piping hot. Wide-mouthed bottles make it easier to wash the insides and add ice cubes. Avoid using juice boxes or pouches since these create a lot of waste. Pour juice from a large bottle at home into a reusable bottle or mason jar to bring with your lunch. Bring a fork, knife, and spoon with you from home so you don't have to use disposable plastic silverware. When you've finished your lunch, rinse off any food scraps before putting the silverware back in your box. Wash the silverware at home so you can easily use it again. You only have to bring the silverware you are going to use for your meal. Paper waste accounts for 15% of food waste. Keep a tea towel or cloth in your lunch box until it gets dirty. When the cloth gets dirty, take it home and wash it with the rest of your laundry. Keep multiple cloth napkins in your home so you have an easy replacement if one gets dirty before you need to do laundry.
Buy a reusable lunch box instead of using paper bags. Put food in resealable plastic containers. Pour drinks into a reusable bottle. Pack your own metal silverware. Bring a cloth napkin instead of paper.