Yesterday, I was in the lunchroom microwaving my homemade chili and people watching when it dawned on me that making my own lunch had a benefit I'd never thought of before. I mean everyone knows a homemade lunch is significantly healthier and less-expensive than any pre-packaged meal in a box could ever hope to be, but until yesterday I'd never stopped to consider the other downside to those pre-packaged meals: How much trash they create.I mean, you've got the box they come in, the microwavable dish covered with plastic wrap and some meals have even more garbage in the form of heating aids, plastic utensils and such. Even if any of that material is recyclable, the chances that the workplace will actually recycle it is slim to none, so all of this trash goes into our landfills. That is a lot of trash!
Yesterday, I was in the lunchroom microwaving my homemade chili and people watching when it dawned on me that making my own lunch had a benefit I'd never thought of before. I mean everyone knows a homemade lunch is significantly healthier and less-expensive than any pre-packaged meal in a box could ever hope to be, but until yesterday I'd never stopped to consider the other downside to those pre-packaged meals: How much trash they create.I mean, you've got the box they come in, the microwavable dish covered with plastic wrap and some meals have even more garbage in the form of heating aids, plastic utensils and such. Even if any of that material is recyclable, the chances that the workplace will actually recycle it is slim to none, so all of this trash goes into our landfills. That is a lot of trash!
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