Pack Your Lunch and Save Money and the Environment
It’s weird that so many students pack their lunches almost every day, but when they grow up and enter the good ol’ workforce, they pretty much stop packing their lunch. Most people do this because they say it’s more convenient than packing their own lunch. But if they stop and think about it, there are several great reasons to bring your lunch to work with you.
Bag Lunches Are Healthier
Many restaurants offer lunches with tons of meat and grease. There is nothing wrong with this occasionally. But when fast food starts becoming your normal lunch, your health will take a hurting. When you pack your own lunch, you can put in tons of vegetables, fruits, and other such healthy mess. Remember: packing your own lunch = getting your own six-pack.
Save Money
Unless you want to “take all of your money [and] give it up to charity”, you probably want more money. Packing your lunch is a great way to save money. Instead of spending $6-$10 on lunch, you can spend way less than that by packing yourself a sandwich and some fruit and vegetables. Plus, you will be saving money on gas, which brings means that you can also
Help the Environment
That’s right folks, by bringing a bag lunch, you will not only be getting healthier and saving money, you will be helping out Mother Earth. Less driving = less gas = less pollution. Plus, if you pack your lunch in a reusable bag, you’ll be cutting down on your waste.
So there you have it. If you want to save money, help Captain Planet, AND stay healthy, just pack yourself a bag lunch and bah-bam, you are achieving all three of those goals. So go home tonight and try it, and you’ll thank yourself tomorrow at lunchtime (unless you made a really bad lunch).
Another thing is to avoid (at all costs) using styrofoam boxes when buying lunch. I blogged about this not too long ago:
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pelf: Very true. I avoid styrofoam at all costs, even if it means killing someone.
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I like all points you share here. Do open source projects using the same tactic? Their products are completely free but they can still make most out of them and even become rich. For instance, Firefox earn millions last year although it doesn’t require users to buy.
Thanks for sharing another good piece of information. Viola Cooke ~ Låna pengar
It’s almost always easier, and cheaper, to replace disposable packaging items with reusable materials. And they’ll save you less trips to the store in the long run, as well as money on things such as plastic and paper bags.
We think plastic bag can be a past for all the US cities soon. We would Obama administration will stop all the grocery stores or any stores to use plastic bags. Please send an email to your local representatives and tell them that we don’t want to use any plastic bags. Eco or green bags is the way to go in the future. This for our current and future generation benefits.
It's sad that America is so obese and not green. You can really hit two birds with one stone with baggin your own lunch.
Well said, Tony Glover. Save money and be healthier. Also, save on gas and driving. It's like hitting a whole flock of birds with one stone.
I agree with you. should begin to take care