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There are a lot of ways you can prevent plastic from tainting your food. First off, if you do use plastic to store your food, you should keep those bags out of the sun. When you put a plastic bag in the sun, a chemical reaction happens. This reaction releases the plastic taste the we have all come to hate. If you absolutely have to keep your food stored in a plastic bag, then you should try to prevent the food from touching the plastic. Wrap whatever you're storing in a paper towel or something similar. This works great for sandwiches, but isn't ideal if you're trying to wrap some tortilla chips. One of the best alternatives to plastic is the paper bag. Both pollute the world, but the paper bag will eventually deteriorate. The paper bag also doesn't leave a chemical taste on your food. If you want to store some tortilla chips, try storing them in a paper bag and not a plastic one. Another alternative to plastic is glass. Glass is one of the most inert substances on earth. Glass does not leave smells or tastes on the food that you store in it, and thus is an excellent alternative to plastic. One downside to glass is that it can break fairly easily. Certain types of glassware are not replaceable, so it may not be a good idea to bring glass with you to a place it could get broken. Another wonderful alternative to plastic is a wooden container. Wood has been utilized by humans for a very long time, and thus has proved itself as a worthy container for food. Certain woods like cedar or maple may leave a woody taste in your food, but that's much better than the chemical taste of plastic. The great thing about wood is that it's very sturdy. A wooden lunch box could last for a very long time if kept properly. Since it's not easily breakable, many people have been bringing back the wooden lunch box. It's slowly turning into an icon. If wood isn't your thing, you could check out a metal lunchbox. Metal lunchboxes are great for storing food, and are also stylish. There have been a few re-issues of this old style, and many people are embracing the metal lunch box because of it's usability. Since it's so lightweight, it makes a great food carrier. If you end up purchasing a steel lunchbox, you should take care to keep it from getting wet. A steel lunchbox will rust very quickly if there's not a finish on it. You probably won't like the taste of rust on your food. If the ideas above are too impractical for your tastes, you may want to look into buying some butcher paper or wax paper and rolling up everything you want to eat in that. As far as I know, these papers don't impart any scents or tastes on to the food, and should also be safer for you than plastic. Now that you know how to avoid that plastic smell, you should try out these ideas. I fought the plastic monster for nearly 25 years, and finally beat it after thinking outside of the box and making the decision to move away from this impure substance. You can beat it, too, if you just stop using it.
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