Wondering what to pack for Lunch?

Make it healthy, litter-less and affordable!

Pack a nutritious litter-less lunch at home and save! These prices were obtained from 2
local grocery stores. Packing a lunch at home is healthy and saves money! Make it litter-
less: protect the environment and save even more on throwaway wrappings! Pack in
reusable containers and save even MORE MONEY. Using the schools cafeteria also
reduces the waste produced.
Convenience Lunch
Price Garbage produced
Small prepackaged lunch kit:
Crackers & meat
small chocolate bar
$3.49
(priced in Aylmer )

Lots of trash!

A child taking
disposable lunches
to school, creates
an average of 66
pounds of
garbage annually!
Fruit punch .30
1 Fruit Roll Up .58
Bear Paws Cookies .83
Nutrition value Minimal
High in fat and sugar
Total: $5.20


Lunch Super C Food Basics Garbage produced
1 apple .31 .25
0 (compost the peel)
Sandwich: 2 slices of
whole wheat bread
.40 .47
0
(reusable container)
Ham .70 .70
Bottle of water 0 0
0 (reusable water bottle)
Baby carrots .10 .10
0 (reusable container)
yoghurt Astro Yogurt
.61
.49
0
(reusable container)
Nutrition Value Excellent
Lower in fat and
sugar
Contains foods from all
4 food groups
Nutritious, affordable and
protects the environment!
Total $2.12 $2.01 0 garbage

Pack a nutritious lunch at home and save $3.15 per day.
Thats $63 per month or

$630 per year per child!

Pack a litter-less HEALTHY Lunch
and be good to the earth too.