{"id":26666,"date":"2022-08-28T12:41:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T19:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/?p=26666"},"modified":"2022-08-28T12:41:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T19:41:41","slug":"beeswax-wraps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/beeswax-wraps\/","title":{"rendered":"Beeswax Wraps \u2013 by Bruce from East Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Beeswax Wrap on a Bowl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/a>First of all, the Problem to be Solved. I’m back to working in an office most days of the week. I bring my lunch to work, partly as a way to save money, partly as a way to save time, and mostly because I like what we cook.<\/p>\n

But, I’ve also been working in climate change science for the past fifteen years, and I’m trying to reduce my use of plastics, particularly single-use plastics. Those darn sandwich bags are, however, definitely quick and useful. And sometimes, I don’t have the right size of the various reusable plastic or glass containers for something.<\/p>\n

While on a visit to the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, near London, I saw something called a Beeswax wrap. I think I’d heard of these before, but it had passed by. I like buying things (generally), and buying things from the Kew Gardens gift shop is a way to support one of my favorite places. So, we bought a package, which had three wraps — one each at 20×20 cm, 30×30 cm, and 40x40cm — or roughly 8″ square, 12″ square, and 16″ square.<\/p>\n

The wraps are a cotton cloth, impregnated with beeswax that’s been softened with a bit of oil.<\/p>\n

I’ve used mine a few times now, and I love them. They are lightweight and I’ve used them to wrap up sandwiches, make little baggies for some cut-up veggies or for some fruit, and to wrap up some leftovers at home. The particular ones I got are from a company called The Beeswax Wrap Company<\/a>, based out of the Cotswolds in England. So, folks on that side of the Atlantic can take this as an enthusiastic recommendation of their product.<\/p>\n

Doing a bit of searching, there is a variety of these available through various online retailers. I’ll have to do a bit of digging to see what ones I might want to buy to get a few more. I do see that some sell these in longer sheets, like 13″ by 39″, so I could cut that to make more of sizes I find useful.<\/p>\n

So, I’ve stumbled into these and I’m sold on this as a way to have something that’s much more multi-use and from renewable resources. If that’s something that appeals to you, I encourage you to look into beeswax wraps and ping me on the Podfeet Slack if you find ones in the US that you like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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