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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Eco-Friendly Lunchboxes from Atlantis Natural: Review and Giveaway

As a mother whose first child is entering kindergarten in the fall, I feel all the excitement of back to school time times twenty! I just know she will love Kindergarten and I want her to be all ready with all things that she needs! I want the school supplies to be as eco-friendly as possible and super cute so that she will love them! I have found the perfect waste-free, eco-friendly lunchbox for Sierra at Atlantis Natural. Why was I looking for a waste-free luchbox kit? Because 3.5 billion pounds of lunchbox garbage is collected every year- juice boxes- water bottles- aluminum foil- and plastic bags!


I selected the waste-free Lunchopolis lunchbox in Pink trimmed with red because she loved the colors but they also have blue with green trim and brown with blue trim that are super cute! The Lunchopolis Lunchbox includes a lead-free insulated lunchbox bag, four brightly tinted stackable containers and a drinking bottle with a fold up spout. The drinking bottle has wide opening so that ice can be put in with the drink to keep the whole lunch cold. The containers and lunchbox are BPA free and lead free.



My daughter loves her Lunchopolis lunch box set. She was so excited that she wanted to test it out right away. She packed watermelon in the containers to snack on when we were out and she insisted on using her pink containers to eat her popcorn out of! She is pleased and I am happy to know that I will not contribute any garbage from her lunches- ZERO! And of course, I like knowing that it is BPA and led free!

GIVEAWAY DETAILS:
Atlantis Natural has generously agreed to give one lucky reader one Bumkins Lunchbox of their choice.

# Bumkins waterproof fabric exterior - Lead Safe, PVC, BPA, Phthalate & Vinyl Free
# Insulated interior and moveable dividers
# Interior mesh pocket
# Adjustable velcro handle

Giveaway Dates: June 9- June 29

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 Atlantis Natural and leave me a comment with your favorite Bumkins lunchbox
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5. Tweet or Retweet about this Giveaway:
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Giveaway Rules:
Open to residents of the USA, age 18+ to enter. Winner announced here after Noon CST on June 29, 2010. GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED! Congratulations to Shawna!

Atlantis Natural did provide me with the lunchbox in the hopes that I would share my honest opinions. I received no monetary compensation and the opinions expressed are my own.

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