No Plastic! Eco-Friendly Lunch Boxes & Food Containers

Make Your Own Reusable Sandwich Bags

Reusable sandwich bags and wraps patterns and tutorials.

How to Make a Reusable Sandwich Wrap

These fun, functional sandwich wraps give you a reusable alternative to plastic baggies, plus they are a snap to make.

Reusable Snack Bag & Napkin Tutorials

In an effort to be a little more "green" and alleviate some of my plastic use guilt I created tutorials for a reusable snack bag and reusable napkin. It's quick and easy, taking less than 30 minutes(less time if you're not interrupted by a child) to create both the pouch and a matching napkin.

Reusable Snack Bag Tutorial

I decided to make these simple little snack bags, which make a nice alternative to disposable ziplock bags.

Homemade Sandwich Wrap

I decided that I'd like to get rid of zip-lock bags and replace and replace it with a reusable fabric wrapper.

How To Make Reusable Sandwich Wrap/Snack Bag

The sandwich wraps are modeled after the Wrap-N-Mat, which I have to say at the outset is a wonderful thing and which I highly recommend if you're at all not-inclined to make your own, or if you're an iota less cheap than I am. But the homemade ones work pretty well too!

Snack Bag Tutorial

The linked pdf will show you how to make these reusable snack and sandwich bags.

Tutorial: How to Make Environmentally Friendly Reusable Sandwich/Snack Bags

These bags are the perfect size for holding sandwiches, cookies, crackers, chips, apple slices, grapes and all the other lunch staples.

Tutorial: Recycled Reusable Sandwich Bag

Make a reusable sandwich bag from an old pair of pants! Complete with instructions and photos to show you how.

Homemade Utensil Carrying Case

A homemade utensil carrying case that is so simple anyone could make it. Use silverware that you already have, -no need to go out and buy anything new!

Plastic can leach dangerous chemicals into your food.

Plastic: How safe is that container?

Though the Food and Drug Administration says that plastic food-storage containers and wraps made for home use are safe when used properly, we don't completely agree. Some of these plastics are the subject of a new debate that has researchers, consumer advocates, and folks like us asking questions about possible health risks. And there's growing scientific evidence to justify the concerns.

Photos: Plastic By The Numbers #1-7

Chemists have spun hundreds of kinds of plastics, but most common containers fall in one of seven categories. To help recycling centers sort landfill-bound plastics from those than can find life in new products, the Society of the Plastics Industry developed the numeric system to identify the type of plastic resins used.

Plastics To Avoid

There has been a lot of talk about avoiding plastic containing BPA (bisphenol-A), especially in baby bottles, however not much has been said about all the other types of plastic that are also harmful to your health. Here is a quick summary of the three most harmful types pf plastic to avoid.

Plastic Types, Characteristics Dangers

Life Without Plastic provides advice and real alternatives to plastics. The seven plastic resin codes are each briefly described below to provide a quick snapshot detailing the name of the resin (i.e., the base material of the plastic), typical products it is found in, dangerous chemicals it leaches, and why they are dangerous.

Enviroblog: Dr. Oz Investigates Early Puberty In Girls

Dr. Oz and his expert guests offer practical steps we can take to protect our daughters.
* Don't microwave food in plastic. Ever.
* Serve hormone-free or organic meat and dairy products.
* Use stainless steel water bottles - not plastic.
* Choose personal care products with fewer chemicals, and skip them altogether when you can.

6 Steps to Avoiding BPA in Your Daily Life

BPA (bisphenol-A) is a potentially toxic estrogen-mimicking compound used in plastic production that has been linked to breast cancer, early puberty, infertility, and other maladies.

Plastic is killing our planet.

Save My Oceans

One of the most serious threats to our oceans is plastics pollution. Plastic constitutes approximately 90% of all trash floating on the ocean's surface, with 46,000 pieces of plastic per square mile.

Take The Plastic Pledge

We are the problem. We are the solution. Take the pledge and take action.

Join The Plastic Movement

Check out the map to follow the movement in your city. Don't see your city?

The Trash Vortex

The trash vortex is an area the size of Texas in the North Pacific in which an estimated six kilos of plastic for every kilo of natural plankton, along with other slow degrading garbage, swirls slowly around like a clock, choked with dead fish, marine mammals, and birds who get snared.