reusable containers

Looking around an elementary school cafeteria, it is impossible to ignore the images of Spiderman, Justin Bieber, kittens and rainbows stamping each child’s lunchbox. Although in the past lunchboxes have been considered a grade-school commodity, they are bursting their way into the adult world as people realize that a waste-free lunch means more than eating everything on your plate. To truly reduce our meals’ carbon footprint, we need to consider not only how food is produced, but also how we’re packing it. According to the New York Times, sales of environmentally friendly back-to-school products are up just about everywhere. At the Container Store, the increase is 30 percent over last year...