National Brown-bag-it Day

On May 25th each year, the benefits of packing your lunch for work or school are recognized.

#brownbagitday

Taking your lunch to work or school is a cost-effective 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 several dollars a day. This is especially true if you are used to eating out, ordering in from restaurants, or eating out of vending machines at work
Better health choices – Will power and peer pressure go well together? We continue our poor decision making patterns as time is in short supply. We can plan our meals at home, but our choices are limited to the items we have in our fridge and cupboards, and we can only choose our meals. With regularity, those items will also be healthy ones
Portion Control – Even though we try to limit our portions when eating out, we know the serving size is getting bigger and larger. We keep track of it even when we brown-bag it
Paper bags are 100% biodegradable, reusable, and recyclable, making them better for the climate. 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 less of a suffocation threat to young children or animals

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

Paper bags are not reusable
They are more expensive than plastic bags, and they are more expensive than plastic bags
Take up more storage space and 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:

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

#brownbagitday is a movement that has sparked a lot of controversy around the world

In a brown paper bag, pack up your lunch
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, invents 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 licence to print square-bottomed paper bags. With a flat bottom with his company logo in view, his bag will have an image 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 in 1871
"Self-Opening Sack" is Charles Stilwell's invention of his own machine that produces square-bottom paper bags with pleated sides, which is known as the S.O.S., "Self-Opening Sack." His style improvements make paper bags more available
f paper bags is enhanced by a cord to paper bags in 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" had sold over a million bags. Walter's paper bag invention would eventually become the standard style of paper bag stores would use
The 1970s: Unfortunately, plastic bags would begin to fade with the introduction of plastic bags. However, some stores will continue to sell paper bags for some time
The EU will adopt directive (EU) 2015/720) requiring plastic usage reductions
To raise concerns about environmentally 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
Adoption by the European Parliament and the Council in June of Directive 2019/904 to minimize the impact of plastic products on the climate