NATIONAL BROWN-BAG-IT DAY | May 25
Thu May 25th

National Brown-bag-it Day

Every year, the benefits of packing your lunch for work or school are recognized.

#brownbagitday

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

  • Money saving – For every meal you make at home, you can save hundreds of dollars a day. If you are normally used to eating out, ordering in from restaurants, or eating out of vending machines at work, this is especially true
  • Better health choices – Will power and peer pressure go well together? We continue our poor decision making patterns as time is limited. We can plan our meals at home, but our choices are limited to the items we use in our fridge and pantry. These items will also be healthy ones as a result of regular exercise
  • Portion Control – Even though we try to limit our portions when dining out, we know the serving sizes are getting larger and larger. We keep that control even though we brown-bag it
  • Paper bags are 100% biodegradable, reusable, and recyclable, 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
  • Paper bags are not as harmful to young children or animals as a suffocation risk

Unfortunately, paper bags also have a few not so great benefits: paper bags come with a few not so good ones: paper bags have a few not so good ones as well:

  • Paper bags are not reusable
  • They are more costly than plastic bags and are more expensive than plastic bags
  • Take up more storage space and are often heavier

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

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

#brownbagitday is the protest that has sparked a #brownbagitday protester

  • Pack up your lunch in a brown paper bag
  • Make a homemade lunch by selecting your favorite foods and enjoying a homemade lunch
  • Make a puppet

To post on social media, use the hashtag #BrownBagItDay..

A collection of historical records a collection of historical facts

  • 1852: Francis Wolle, a schoolteacher, invented the first machine to mass produce paper bags. They would open the Union Paper Bag Company following the invention
  • James Baldwin, Birmingham and Kings Norton, England, is granted a license to make square-bottomed paper bags. His machine will have an illustration of a bag with a flat bottom with his company logo in view
  • Margaret E. Knight, an entrepreneur, creates the first machine to produce another paper bag with more space for carrying things
  • 1883: Charles Stilwell patents his own machine that makes square-bottom paper bags with pleated sides, known as the S.O.S., "Self-Opening Sack." His latest innovations have made paper bags more available
  • Walter Deubener, a St. Paul, Minnesota grocer, adds a cord to paper bags, enhancing the sturdiness and portability of paper bags. 1912, St. Paul, Minnesota grocer Walter Deubener adds a cord to paper bags, enhancing the sturdiness and portability of paper bags. By 1915, the "Deubener Shopping Bags" were selling over a million bags. Walter's paper bag invention would eventually become the most common style of paper bag stores would use
  • Unfortunately, plastic bags would begin to fade with the introduction of plastic bags. Paper bags would begin to fade in the 1970s. However, some shops will continue to sell paper bags for some time
  • The EU will have a directive (EU) 2015/720) requiring plastic usage reductions. Plastics will be phased out
  • To raise concerns about sustainable packaging options, Kraft paper manufacturers and suppliers of paper bags, "European Paper Bag Day" on behalf of kraft paper manufacturers and suppliers of paper bags
  • The European Parliament and the Council in June approved Directive 2019/904 to minimize the impact of plastic products on the climate