This topic falls into the “why didn’t I think of that?” category big time. Seriously, after feeling itchy about plastic bags (and especially about “baggies”) for years, why it never occurred to me to create and sell reusable sandwich and snack bags — cute ones at that! — is beyond beyond. But, luckily for the world, someone else’s synapses were firing, and adorable reusable bags exist.

Plastic bags take about 1,000 years to degrade and contaminate soil and water in the process, plus it takes a heck of a lot of non-renewable resources (i.e oil) to make the millions of bags we’re throwing away every day, so I’m thrilled to support the businesses that make a product I can (re)use instead. Granted, many reusables are plastic; still, at least we use them more than once before they hit the landfill. I really don’t want to get preachy, but if you’re not already using them, may I ask why?

I love that it’s cute and completely devoid of princesses or unicorns.

It's understandable how a first grader might accidentally toss this one, right? Okay, maybe it's just my kid...

So I switched and got him a snackTaxi bag. It’s blue and red with baseballs and footballs on it — pretty tough to miss. He’s been using the same bag for over a year now.

More options from snackTAXI.

Washable cotton bags from Graze Organic; gotta love the “surprise” bag.

3 Responses

  1. UGH. Is it a jinx? I blogged about bento buddies and reusable this and that, and my daughter lost her lunchbox full of little bento buddies and a thermos at school the very next day. It hasn’t turned up in lost and found either. Maybe it’s because the other kids were secretly coveting her eco-friendly and colorful lunch gadgets. I’m going with YES.