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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Buy silicone bags such as Stashers instead of Ziplock.  They are an expensive up-front cost but it literally saves tons of plastic.[/b]

We use glass containers for food storage. The lids are plastic but we aren't throwing them away.

We save jars from olives, peanut butter, etc and use them for storage or use them when we take stuff like salad dressing along with a salad to a pot luck.

We buy powdered Gatorade instead of plastic bottles. (I don't love the stuff but my son is doing sports camps in the hot sun every day)

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Thanks for this suggestion.  I'd like to try the silicone bags, but I've seen mixed reviews on them.[/quote]

DP. Stasher is always rated top; but they are very expensive. I've tried Home-Lux(?) and another brand that I liked but don't recall the name of - but they were very difficult to close. I recently started using Idea-Tech. They are very nice.
However, if you're also concerned about chemicals from plastics leaching into food, I also just learned different silicones have different chemical-safety and the ones with least chemical concern are also very pricey.
But I really like the Idea-tech bags and I LOVE not using all those plastic ziploc styles - sometimes hard to fully seal, zipper pull breaks, the ongoing expense....
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