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- PVC-free, Lead-free, Phthalate-free
- Made in the USA
- 100% recycled insulation
- Durable, stylish, and easy to clean
- 100% guarantee against defects in material or construction
- Perfect size
Dimensions: 11”H x 7 ”W
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| Item # | Item Description | Price | |
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| CR003-SB | Perfect Lunch Tote - Slate Blue |  |
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| CR003-CF | Perfect Lunch Tote - Camouflage | |
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| CR003-BR | Perfect Lunch Tote - Berry | |
Why we love this bag:
- This is a high quality, durable bag that will look good for years. We offer a 100% guarantee against defects in material or construction for life.
- The stylish design is great for adults but it is also a product your children can use from pre-school to high-school. (They might not be so keen on that Hello Kitty bag by middle school.)
- Its durable shell is made from tough, high-quality, 100% lead-free nylon fabric. Wipes clean and is machine washable.
- The high-performance insulation, made from 100% recycled plastic, outperforms cheaper insulation found in mass-market lunch bags and contains no phthalates. The insulation used in each lunch bag saves approximately 1-2 plastic bottles from landfills.
- Every piece of this bag is made and hand-assembled in the USA (fabric, recycled insulation, strap, ice pack).
- It is the perfect size. It fits nicely into an office or school bag but is twice the size of a paper lunch bag. There is plenty of room for a sandwich, reusable water bottle and lots of space for goodies.
- The bag and all composite materials have been tested and guaranteed to be 100% PVC-free, lead-free and phthalate-free.
- Each lunch bag includes a free non-toxic, reusable ice pack.
On small spills use a damp cloth and wipe clean. For occasional cleaning, toss in the washing machine and drip dry. Keep in mind, the more care you take of your reusable lunch bags the longer they will last and the smaller your ecological footprint.
- An average elementary school student eating homemade lunches is estimated to generate between 45 and 90 pounds of plastic baggies, foil pouches, and other packaging waste each year, roughly equivalent to the body weight of a third- to sixth-grader.
- Overloaded landfills aren’t the only issue. The environmental costs of disposing of packaging are dwarfed by the costs of making it in the first place. Plastics, the fastest growing segment of the packaging industry, uses shrinking fossil fuel reserves.
- But choosing paper over plastic doesn’t solve the problem. Pulp and paper industries are among the most polluting. Overall, about 60 percent of modern packaging materials, including paper and cardboard, are made of wood, from forests that we’re depleting faster than they can renew themselves.
PVC is (polyvinyl chloride) plastic, commonly referred to as vinyl. When produced or burned, PVC plastic releases dioxins, a group of the most potent synthetic chemicals ever tested, which can cause cancer and harm the immune and reproductive systems. PVC is often used in conjunction with metals, including lead. PVC is the most common material used in insulated lunch bags.
According to the National Safety Council (NSC), on average, children under six will absorb/retain about 50% of the lead they ingest. Since lead has been shown to cause developmental problems in young children at very low levels, it makes sense to become educated on where lead can come from, and eliminate all controllable sources of lead exposure whenever possible.
- The Center for Environmental Health (CEH) in Oakland, California filed a lawsuit on August 31, 2005 against several manufacturers and retailers of soft vinyl lunch boxes that were found to contain high levels of lead. One lunch box tested contained more than 90 times the legal limit for lead in paint in children's products.
- The highest lead levels were found in the lining of lunch boxes, where it can come into contact with food and where kids are likely to touch before handling their food.
- The report states not all bags with vinyl have unsafe levels of lead. The bags that are raising alarm tested 2-to-90 times the legal limit for lead paint in children's products.
- How can you be sure? Look for lunch boxes/bags that have been thoroughly tested for lead content.
A cold reusable bottle used in place of the freezer pack frees up the interior pocket for other stuff; pre-cooling the lunch bag overnight in the fridge also helps keep it colder, longer.
