Plastic Free Challenge - Day 19

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Today's challenge is to "choose snacks without plastic wrap". For convenience, a lot of snacks are packaged in single-use plastic (granola bars, fruit roll ups). Even some items that have their own natural wrapper (avocados and bananas) can be seen wrapped in plastic.



These two articles provide a lot of great plastic-free snack ideas:
6+ Zero Waste Plastic-Free Snack Ideas
Zero waste Challenge: Snacks


You can use the snack bags and beeswax wraps from this plastic free challenge to take your snacks with you on the go.

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