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Good habits are formed in early childhood, and as an environmentally conscious parent you are probably always looking for ways to educate your children about the need to “reduce, reuse and recycle”. One of the easiest ways to achieve this is to schedule lunches and snacks without junk that produce no junk other than, say, an apple core that you can bring home and compost. Food containers are also brought home, washed and reused the next day, ensuring no litter is generated in your school or workplace.
While your first thought may be to use plastic containers that are passed from your mother’s kitchen to yours, think again. Plastic containers can well replace rubbish made from foil and sandwich bags, but stainless steel is a much better and more environmentally friendly alternative with several important advantages over plastic and even glass, especially when it comes to food storage and food safety.
- Plastics can leach harmful chemicals into food. Stainless steel is safe, non-toxic and not even reactive to acidic foods (such as tomatoes). Your family’s safety and health may be the number one reason to move to stainless steel food storage.
- Stainless steel is, well, stainless. Your plastic containers will discolor and stain with use. Although steel can scratch, it will always look clean if well cleaned.
- The steel does not break. Perhaps a stainless steel container may dent when dropped on a hard surface, but it will not break or break like glass, or break like plastic.
- Steel is a very hygienic material. Steel is not a friendly environment for storing or promoting bacterial growth. It will also not transmit odors, which is a common complaint with plastic containers.
- Stainless steel food containers can be airtight and airtight. By using locking clips and silicone gaskets similar to those found in plastic or glass containers, some stainless steel containers are also airtight and airtight, perfect for transporting yogurt, salsa or dip.
- Steel is durable and long-lasting. Although steel containers can cost two or three times more than comparable plastic containers, considering how stain resistant, hygienic and indestructible they are, they will easily outlast your plastic containers, proving that the initial investment was worthwhile. And as an added bonus, you know they will be safe for your kids!
- Steel is largely recyclable. Steel is a very sustainable material and the products you buy will most likely contain at least 75% recycled steel scrap. And if for some reason you decide you don’t want the product anymore, you can recycle it endlessly. In contrast, most plastic food storage containers are not accepted in municipal recycling programs.
So start replacing your old plastic containers with stainless steel food storage containers. You will feel better about helping our planet stay healthy if you help keep your family healthy as well.
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Source by Cynthia L.