Comments on: Bag the brown bag: Eco-friendly lunch boxes and totable utensils

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:20:54 +0000

Hi Siel,

thanks for this great information – and your blog in general. I only just recently learned about tiffins from the Ten Thousand Villages website. Their tiffins are produced by Noah’s Ark, a fair trade co-operative in India so I thought folks might also be interested in checking those out. I’m actually doing research on them as we’re trying to place a very large wholesale order. I love the environmental aspects of the tiffins, but was wondering if you could comment on the sourcing. Do you know where those you’ve mentioned on your site are made and under what conditions?

Thanks so much,

Phyllis
probinson@equalexchange.coop
http://www.SmallFarmersBigChange.coop

By: Moni

Moni — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:51:55 +0000

Hi Siel, Great blog! We’re thrilled to read your post on eco-friendly lunch tools.
Moni´s last blog ..Healthy Lunchbox Ideas

By: Siel

Siel — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:51:56 +0000

Thanks for stopping by, Jay. I have a feeling Life Without Plastic will soon become one of my fave stores — You’ve got some very cute AND functional stuff!

Katrina — I can see how you got confused…. Usually, the PVC-free label’s used on products that look like they could be made with PVC (i.e. shower curtains).

Rosemary — I was seriously considering the Sigg cutlery cuz it’s so nice and compact! By intense, do you mean that it just looks kinda scary cuz it’s so metallic and in the shape of a swiss army knife?

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:53:17 +0000

I love the Zojirushi--so adorable! However, I too have found that sometimes the cutlery in lunch containers leaves something to be desired. Clearly not the sigg--that stuff looks intense! I just keep a fork and spoon from home stashed in my office drawer. Rosemary’s last blog post..What's Your Line?

By: Katrina

Katrina — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:29:06 +0000

Thanks for clarifying! I don’t know where I had heard, but for some reason I was under the impression that there might be PVC in the Built NY products. I suppose it doesn’t help that their product specs on their site never say PVC-free, especially for people like me who were initially freaked by the notion that it may be in my wetsuit (also made of neoprene).