The New Generation Lunch Box Helps Green Your School Lunches and Saves You Money!

The New Generation Lunch Box by BrightBin helps you pack a more environmentally friendly waste-free lunch and saves you money! BrightBin estimates that using the New Generation Lunch Box will allow you to purchase 1000 less plastic bags each year with a savings of $60 on plastic bags!

The New Generation Waste-Free Lunch box can be used on its own as a lunch box or can be inserted inside any insulated lunch bag. The New Generation Lunch Box replaces plastic bags, reusable bags, and small food storage containers. The New Generation Lunch Box has an advantage over using individual food containers because:

1. Kids tend to lose the lids of containers when parents try to pack a waste-free lunch. Replacing the lost lids is costly. The New Generation Lunch Box has a lid that is attached so there are no separate pieces to get lost.

2. Looking for mis-matched lids is time consuming, especially when in a hurry to get off to work or take the kids to school. The New Generation Lunch Box offers ease and convenience because parents will not have to waste time looking for lids.

Another nifty thing about the The New Generation Waste-Free Lunch Box is that the divided compartments serve to help kids learn about healthy portions. “Super sized” is not HEALTHY and this lunch box helps kids pack healthy amounts.

Of course, when packing a waste-free "green" lunch, having a lunch box free from BPA, lead, phthalates, and PVC is paramount to ensure our children's health and the health of the environment. That is why third party safety testing is conducted to ensure that the New Generation Lunch Boxes are made of a pure polypropylene plastic that is completely safe for kids- free of BPA, lead, phthalates, and PVC.

Reasons to check out BrightBin for waste-free lunch box options:
1. Easy to Use
2. Non-Toxic
3. Waste Free
4. Save Money
5. Save Time
6. Save the Environment- Read more about plastic bags staggering facts and statistics.

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BrightBin Waste-Free Lunch Boxes Make a Difference

BrightBin is dedicated to packing waste-free lunches! This company was developed by a mommy who after having packed many school lunches with wasteful plastic bags, became fed up. She decided to develop a product that would make our schools “greener”, make families more environmentally responsible, and be super easy and convenient for those of us packing the lunches. No more plastic bags, no more lids and containers that become mismatched or get lost, no more washing out reusable bags! Plus kids can keep their favorite insulated lunch bag like their Hello Kitty, Spiderman, or whatever else it might be. It doesn’t get any better, easier, or “greener” than this when it comes to packing lunch each day! BrightBin Waste Free Lunch boxes is 100% committed to changing the way kids bring a packed lunch to school.

BrightBin developed the New Generation Lunch Box:
· Flexible! Comes with a handle to be used as a lunch box on its own or it can be used as an insert inside a child’s favorite insulated lunch carrier. Fits inside all cloth lunch carriers.
· Replaces plastic bags and small food storage containers.
· Simple! One unit with no lids or extra pieces to get lost or forgotten in the cafeteria.
· Two level lunch box with divided built-in compartments and a sandwich/entrée compartment on top.
· 100% FREE of BPA, phthalates, lead, and PVC guaranteed.
· Convenient! Dishwasher and microwave safe.
· Save money! No more buying plastic bags or replacements for lost lids.
· Save time! No more searching the cabinets to find matching lids and containers or fumbling with plastic bags.

Why are waste-free lunch boxes so important?

Fact: The average student bringing a packed lunch to school generates 67 pounds of food packaging waste.

Fact: The average elementary school generates 18,760 pounds of disposable lunch waste each year.

Fact: The average packed lunch utilizes 4-5 plastic bags each day. This adds up to over 1000 plastic bags used each year by one student.

Fact: From K-8th grade, one student bringing a lunch each day with disposable packaging will use over 9000 plastic bags!

Fact: Plastic bags and disposable snack bags in school lunches cost families over $80 per year per child.

Fact: Lids and small food storage containers get lost and left behind on the cafeteria lunch table. Replacing them is costly.

BrightBin offers the Next Generation Lunch Box by itself or with insulated carriers. There is also a decorate-your-own lunch bag that comes with The New Generation Lunch Box inside. My daughter has this and she loves to decorate her lunch bag with the non-toxic washable markers. We both love packing an environmentally friendly lunch each day and I know it builds the foundation within her for valuing her environment and behaving responsibly. You can check out the BrightBin website and follow BrightBin on Facebook to keep up with BrightBin sales and giveaways!


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L’Artiste: The New Generation Lunch Bag by BrightBin

Here is a fun twist on a green lunch box- BrightBin L'Artiste. Your child gets to draw on their waste free lunchbox his or herself and not just once, but over and over!

The Benefits of of The New Generation Waste Free Lunchbox:
* Teach your child early about responsible behavior- Keep about 1000 plastic bags out of the landfills in the course of a year and some scientists estimate that it can take up to 1000 years for one plastic bag to decompose!
* Saves Money- "The average cost of plastic bags for one lunch five days a week for one year more than $50.00. Individual prepackaged snack bags add to your annual costs as well. One child using The New Generation Lunch Box five days a week from kindergarten through 8th grade saves over $700 in plastic bag and prepackaged snack bag costs"
* BrightBin lunch boxes are manufactured using FDA approved materials that are lead-free, phthalate-free, PVC-free, and BPA-free.









L'Artiste Waste Free Lunch Box comes with an insulated lunch bag designed to keep food fresh, the New Generation LunchBox (replaces plastic bags, reusable bags, and small food storage containers), and four non-toxic washable gel markers that wash off with warm, soapy water. Being that my daughter is a huge artist already at the age of 5, I know she would love this blank canvas lunchbox that provides huge opportunity for creativity! She went right to work as soon as I told her what it was. She loved being able to draw on the fabric. We were both very proud of the results.


I was very curious about just how it would work when it was time to wash it off. I read the instructions and they suggest washing it daily but I put it to the Mom test and waited about 5 days! It was so easy to clean. Way easier and less messy than I imagined. I simply got my sponge wet with soapy water and wiped it down about three times and it was clean! Wow!


L'Artiste is a very fun green, easy to clean, lunchbox! BrightBin has lots more choices in waste free lunchboxes so check out their site to see them all!


BrightBin did provide me with L'Artiste in the hopes that I would share my honest opinions. I received no monetary compensation for this and the opinions expressed are my own.

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Citizenpip Waste Free Lunchbox Kit Review, Discount, and Giveaway

Today, I'd like to introduce you to Citizenpip reusable, waste-free lunch gear. As you know, doing what I can to protect our environment is important to me and I am totally committed to a waste free lunch! The folks at Citizenpip make this easy with some super cute lunch kits and as well as all the separate options to use if you already have a lunch bag.



Citizenpip was created by a mom of three who found herself packing and tossing out a few too many plastic bags. She made it her goal to encourage more families to ditch the disposables and go reusable. At Citizenpip®, waste-free lunces goes hand in hand with muck-free - no lead, BPA, or phthalates. After all, who wants to worry about chemicals leaching into their food?

So I was super, duper excited to be able to try a Citizenpip waste free lunch starter kit for my son Leo. His sister just started school and he has been watching her get all equipped with lots of goodies so it was really nice to be able to give him his own waste free lunchbox. He was so excited! I let him choose and right away he pointed as the skull! I asked him, "You like the skull one?" "Yes," he declared, "because I like pirates!" Not only will we be ready when he starts school soon enough, but we can get lots of use out of it in the mean time to pack his snacks in when we are on the go. We love our Citizenpip Starter Kit!


What's to love about Citizenpip waste free lunch Starter Kit? Well, let me tell you:

* waste-free: eliminates waste from disposable food wrappers, baggies,
plastic utensils, paper napkins, etc.
* muck-free: tested by a CPSIA certififed lab to be free of lead, BPA, and
phthalates
* flexible: accommodates other containers and food items. go ahead! throw in
that banana or orange!
* practical: easy to clean, airtight, leakproof, protects food from getting
smushed, the bag interior and exterior wipe clean easily
* made for kids: fun colors, easy to open and close, perfectly sized for
snacks, lightweight and durable
* insulated to keep food cool





There's more to love too, because Citizenpip has some nice extras that I totally want! They have a great stainless steel insulated wide mouth food jar perfect for keeping foods warm or cool. Citizenpip also has bright kids cotton cloth napkins. Available as a complete lunch system or as individual items, Citizenpip products are color coordinated and sized to fit together nicely, but flexible enough to accommodate other containers and food items.

Inspired by the belief that making small changes in your daily habits can make a big impact, Citizenpip makes it fun for kids and easy for parents to ditch the disposables and go reusable!

Go ahead and get your own waste-free lunch kit or add the pieces you are missing from yours because Citizenpip has generously allowed me to offer a 10% discount to Moms Wear Your Tees Blog readers, just use coupon code MWYT10!

GIVEAWAY DETAILS:
Citizenpip will provide one winner with a Citizenpip waste free lunch Starter Kit of choice. The Starter Kit includes, 1 insulated lunch bag, 1 stainless steel water bottle, and 4 airtight airtight food containers, a $42 value.

Giveaway Dates: August 20- September 10, 2010

How to Enter:
To enter this Giveaway, you need to do one or more of the following and post a comment below about each action you took. Each comment will count as a separate entry so your chances of winning increase but only the #1 entry is required.

1. Required: Visit Citizenpip and let me know your favorite Starter Kit Design
2. Follow Moms Wear Your Tees Blog in right margin w/ Google Friend Connect or subscribe to RSS feed and leave a comment letting me know you did so
3. Like the Moms Wear Your Tees Blog Facebook page in right margin
4. Like Citizenpip Facebook page
5. Vote for my blog as a top mommy blog by clicking here
6. Follow Citizenpip on Twitter and MWYT on Twitter

Giveaway Rules:
GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED! Winner selected through random.org- #162, Everyday Rambling's.

Citizenpip did provide me with the starter kit in the hopes that I would share my honest opinions. I received no monetary compensation and the opinions expressed are my own and those of my son.

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