Looking for a green alternative to packing sandwiches and snacks in plastic baggies? ReUsies is what you are looking for! These reusable bags are washable and get the job done! Have you ever thought about how many plastic bags you use per year? The EPA estimates 500 billion - one trillion plastic bags are used worldwide every year. Which basically averages out to more than 1, 000 each year per person! Wow! The bad thing about using all that plastic?
- Plastic bags make up over 10% of debris found on US Coastlines.
- Every plastic bag we use will be around for centuries, long after our children outgrow their lunchboxes.
- Each plastic bag takes over 1,000 years to break down. Plastic bags do not biodegrade, they photodegrade whereby over time they breakdown into smaller, more toxic petropolymers.
Less than 1% of plastic bags are recycled. It costs more to recycle a plastic bag than to produce a new one.
So, by purchasing items like ReUsies, you are doing your part to help reduce all that waste. Easy to clean, convenient to store and cute to look out (much more fun than plastic bags), ReUsies are a great choice for every child's lunch box. I received ReUsies to try out and I really like them. I will definitely be using them in school lunches this year.
Right now, a very lucky Macaroni Kid reader is going to get to win their own ReUsies 2 pack of a sandwich and snack bag! How do you enter?
Email me with ReUsies in the subject line to maryannj@macaronikid.com . If you want 5 more chances, have a friend subscribe to Macaroni Kid and put your name as the reason they heard of us. You will both be entered 5 times! Must be a subscriber to win!
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