National Brown-bag-it Day

#brownbagitday

It's a smart way to save money and ensure you and your family are eating healthy by taking your lunch to work or school. Brown-bagging-it has the following benefits: Brown-bagging-it has the following benefits: Brown-bagging-it has the following benefits:

• Money savings – For every meal you make at home, you will save several dollars a day. This is especially true if you are used to eating out, ordering food in from restaurants, or eating out of vending machines at work
• Will power and peer pressure go well together? Better health choices – Will power and peer pressure go together? And when time is in short supply, we continue our poor decision making habits. At home, we can plan our meals, but our choices are limited to the items we have in our fridge and cupboards. With regularity, those foods will be healthier ones as well
• Portion Control – We know the serving size is getting bigger and bigger as we continue to monitor our portions when eating out. We keep track of it even when we brown-bag it
• Paper bags are 100% biodegradable, recyclable, and recyclable, making them better for the climate. They are 100% biodegradable, reusable, and recyclable. We have more control over what is wasted when we re-use the same containers and recycle. We also choose where our food is sourced
• Sturdier – Many paper bags can withstand more pressure or weight than plastic bags. – Plastic bags can withstand more pressure or weight than plastic bags
• Paper bags are less likely to pose a suffocation threat to young children or animals

Paper bags unfortunately have a few not so great benefits: they do have a few not so great benefits: paper bags also have a few not so good ones:

• Paper bags are not waterproof
• They are more expensive than plastic bags, and they are more expensive than plastic bags
• More storage space is available, but they are often heavier

Paper Bag Terms Most common paper bag sizes you may (or may not) want to know are the following: Most common paper bag sizes you may (or may not) want to know are the following: Most common paper bag sizes you may (or may not) want to know are the following: You may (or may not) want to know are the following:

• The paper thickness determines the basis weight increase, according to the paper's basis weight increase. The basis weight rises as the number of paper increases. Paper bags with a base weight of 30-49 lbs. is standard duty, but 50 lbs. or more are heavier duty'
• Gusset: The folded portion of the paper bag that expands when opening
• Flat Bottom Paper Bags: The most common form of paper bag
• Pinch Bottom Paper Bags: Have an attached bottom that is sealed over, and are mostly used for candy and greeting cards
• Take Back The Lunch Break Day The Lunch Break Day is back
• Fruit At Work Day
• Sandwich Month
• Paper Bag Day
• Pack Your Lunch Day

How to celebrate #brownbagitday

• In a brown paper bag, pack up your lunch.
• Make your favorite foods and enjoy a homemade lunch
• Make a puppet

On social media, use the hashtag #BrownBagItDay to post.

A collection of historical records a collection of historical factual information

• Francis Wolle, a schoolteacher, invents the first machine to mass produce paper bags in 1852. Following the invention, they would open the Union Paper Bag Company
• Papermaker James Baldwin, Birmingham and Kings Norton, England, is granted a license to produce square-bottomed paper bags. An image of a bag with a flat bottom with his company logo in view would be included in his unit
• Margaret E. Knight, an Inventor, creates the first machine to produce another paper bag with more space for carrying things in 1871
• 1883: Charles Stilwell patents his own machine that produces square-bottom paper bags with pleated sides, the S.O.S., "Self-Opening Sack." Paper bags are now available in a variety of sizes thanks to his design innovations
• Walter Deubener, a Minnesota grocer, adds a cord to paper bags, enhancing the sturdiness and portability of paper bags in 1912. 1912, St. Paul, Minnesota grocer Walter Deubener adds a cord to paper bags, enhancing the sturdiness and portability of paper bags. By 1915, "Deubener Shopping Bags" were selling over a million bags. Walter's paper bag invention would eventually become the standard style of paper bag stores would use.
• Plastic bags will begin to fade in the 1970s, but paper bags will begin to fade with the introduction of plastic bags. However, several stores will continue to sell paper bags for some time
• The EU will have a directive (EU) 2015/720) requiring plastic usage reductions
• "European Paper Bag Day" on behalf of kraft paper manufacturers and paper bag suppliers in order to raise concerns about environmentally sustainable packaging options
• Adoption of Directive (EU) 2019/904 by the European Parliament and Council in June to minimize the impact of plastic products on the climate

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