Back To School List Includes Reusable Snack and Sandwich Bags

Online, July 19, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Litterless lunch supplies are making their way into the school systems. In an effort to teach kids about environmentalism and how to be green, schools are either offering reusable snack, sandwich and lunch bags for sale or recommending to parents to purchases them for their kids. The goal is to replace plastic bags and wrap with a washable and reusable option.

Both mom and kids are receptive to the idea but they say it has to be easy to use, functional and in designs kids like. Beneterre's new Sandwich, Snack and Max Wrapit! accomplished this and more.

The Sandwich Wrapit! is a double layer envelope style pouch with a colorful contemporary cotton exterior in patterns for kids and adults and a waterproof nylon interior free from harmful dyes and chemicals. The double fold helps seal in the contents and keep food fresh. A pleat at the bottom makes it easy to accommodate traditional and artisan bread types or wraps, a proprietary feature of the Beneterre WrapIts!

The Snack Wrapit! is a dual purpose product. When open the product can be used as a place mat and when gathered up and sealed in a pouch, it holds a variety of snack items like carrots, chips, fruit and nuts. The pouch design provides some protection for soft and breakable items too. The Snack Wrapit! is also a double layer of patterned cotton and waterproof nylon. It seals with a drawstring. For larger snacks, wraps, subs, the Max WrapIt! is the best choice.

Each year hundreds of millions of sandwich and snack bags are used once and discarded. According to Harris Poll and Harris Interactive Market Research nearly half (45 percent) of working adults said they're bringing their lunch to work instead of purchasing it. About three in four parents with children in kindergarten through eighth grade pack lunch for their children while school is in session, and about half do so at least once a week. "Using Wrapit! instead of plastic bags has a meaningful impact on the reduction of fossil fuels and contents to landfills", says Ann Swanson, Founding Partner at Beneterre. "We designed a product that is easy and fun to use for both adults and kids".

Snack and Sandwich Wrapit! are available at www.beneterre.com or in Vitamin Cottage by Natural Grocers.