It’s back to school time and W2O has some simple suggestions for making choices that are good for your family and good for our environment and oceans. Cringing at the plastic sandwich bag these days? Me too. But what are the alternatives. How do we choose and invest when our little ones might be tossing the contents in the trash? (Some training is required) Does your teen come home without the cap to the water bottle? (And the training never stops!) W2O has some tricks, reasonably priced options (well, one extravagance! Adults need to eat too!) and easy tips for you.

For the true investment: Whimsy Snak Pak suggested by Plastic Pollution Coalition

There are a ton of products out there. I’ve included the ones that are less costly here.

The “Reuseit” website is handy because it has replacement caps for almost all styles of reusable water bottles. http://www.reuseit.com