Working in the city usually brings with it expensive take-away lunches and plenty of disposable  packaging.   So, here’s a tip that will save you money and make a huge difference to your carbon footprint:  Make your own lunch.

Get yourself a lunch box, like this fruit-friendly “Food for Thought” lunch box from Concentrate.    This lunch box has been specially designed to hold fruit and protect it from bruising or overheating. Getting more fruit in while you’re at work will help you achieve your 5-a-day target for optimal health.

It  comes with 2 plastic pots, to hold grapes, nuts or diced fruit and a unique, colour changing thermo-spot on the underside of the box to indicate when food has overheated.  It’s also dishwasher proof.

Be even greener by giving up clingfilm and wrapping your sandwiches in a home-made reusable sandwich wrap.

You’ll also need a water bottle that you can refill from your tap or water filter, thus avoiding bottled water and the carbon footprint implications that brings with it.   Sigg bottles are made of aluminium that has been hygienically coated inside to help alleviate contamination of contents.  The internal coating is resistant to fruit acids and isotonic drinks to help prevent decaying and it’s taste-neutral so your drink will taste as it is meant to!  Another fantastic thing about Sigg bottles is that they are almost unbreakable, something that my children have proved time and time again with their Sigg drink bottles.