Little bee fresh: Say goodbye to plastic wrap!
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A common situation, one that seems inevitable from time to time: You run out of clean lunch boxes and thus, in a hurry, pack your food into plastic wrap. Many of us know: this is no viable option – yet we do it anyway.
Something we should consider next time before falling back into old patterns: plastic wrap is made of Polyethylene (PE), a synthetic material free of problematic plasticiser (unlike PVC foil which is still partially used in supermarkets for cheese and the like). The devil is in the detail, though: Due to Ethylene being the raw material of plastic wrap, it contains petroleum – neither tasty nor environmentally friendly considering the 5 to 13 million tonnes of plastic that, year for year, leak into the environment, the seas and oceans.
The German startup Little bee fresh offers a reusable and sustainable alternative: beeswax wraps which come in different sizes and colorful designs. Thanks to hand warmth, the wraps can easily be formed and afterwards stick perfectly to a smooth surface. And there is more: thanks to the antibacterial properties of bee wax food such as cheese or bread stays fresh for a longer time.
You want to form your own opinion? Check out Little bee fresh’s online shop.