With all the bad news about plastics and leachates and food and health effects, why does Lunchsense even USE plastic containers?
Great question. Let’s look at glass and steel: Glass: besides the risk of breakage (which is unacceptable in school cafeterias, so rules out glass in kids lunchboxes), the real issue comes down to weight. Given that a lunchbox is, essentially, luggage it is meant to be filled one place and emptied someplace else the hidden cost to glass is the extra petroleum necessary to move it from your kitchen to your workplace and back again, day after day. Here, plastic wins out. If you walk or bike to work or school, hats off to you, and may you inspire others to follow in your footsteps, literally. But if you drive or take another means of petroleum-based transportation, you will be better offcarrying the lightest containers you can find.
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