ReUsies Review and Giveaway

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I received a snack and sandwich bag set in the Seatle Rain fabric print from ReUsies™ for review.  My daughter recently started a recorder class at school which runs at the lunch hour so receiving these reusable lunch bags when I did was perfect timing.  As many of you know we are building a home on the farm and once we move in the kids will be attending a different school where they will be bussed from our farm location; this will require lunches everyday of the school week.  3 kids X 5 days per week = 15 lunches per week X 1 month = 60 lunches per month or 780 lunches per year…that is a lot of throw away plastic sandwich bags and this does not include my baby girl who in just over 4 years from now will be starting kindergarten when she will also need packed lunches.  “ReUsies™ are a re-usable alternative to sandwich/snack bags, each one has the potential to eliminate hundreds of plastic bags. ReUsies™ are 100% cotton lined with leak-resistant nylon and are secured with Velcro® closures.”

I was impressed with the secure stitching along the edge of the fabric, sealing the fabric and nylon sides together.  The nylon creates a more air-tight, although not complete, seal; combined with the fold over lip of material helps to keep your sandwiches and snacks fresh.  For the freshest foods, I pack my lunches the morning of but this also helps keep the condiments on the sandwiches from making the bread and lettuce soggy.  As you can see by the video below, these bags can be washed easily which makes it much more convenient for me; as it is, there isn’t enough time in the day.  The cute fabric choices are great for the kids to chose their own patterns; my daughter has received a lot of compliments and interest.  The best part is that my daughter feels proud that she is helping to protect our environment by keeping her share of plastic bags out of our landfill.  She has been learning a lot about the importance of recycling in school over the past couple years; she has become our little triple ‘R’ advocate (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) and it’s been great to see her sense of reuse carry over from the ReUsies™ sandwich and snack bags to reusable drink containers and other lunch accessories.

If your looking to decrease your carbon footprint on the environment by becoming less damaging to our environment, reusable lunch accessories are an excellent start.  With ReUsies™ fun prints to choose from, you’ll have a smile on your face packing your lunch everyday.

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