Shadow Boxing

 It is 20 years since a company in South Korea started producing "Lock&Lock" storage boxes. For devotees of kitchen organisation and food storage, this was hailed as the greatest thing since the Tupperware 'burp' 50 years earlier.
L&L does what it says, and locks in flavour, freshness- and liquid. I've occasionally bought boxes [usually when on offer] and particularly like my lunch box with 3 inner removable sections. They have lasted very well and certainly keep going when cheaper boxes have split.
But why am I mentioning them now? surely we are supposed to be avoiding plastic and saving the planet etc?
I am not advocating a reversal of all my attempts to be mindful of waste and avoid single-use plastic. But on the other hand, I cannot quite cope with Bea Johnson, Queen of Zero Waste, who admits to a love affair with Le Parfait jars [french equivalent of Kilner] and keeps all her fridge and freezer contents in these glass receptacles.

This is horribly inefficient use of space, my wire & plastic freezer drawers could not cope with the weight - and I am concerned about dropping the frozen glass jars, or expansion causing them to crack.
So thank you, BJ, but I will continue my careful use of other containers.

I was very pleased therefore, to discover that L&L, following on from their original white 'classic' range, have brought out a multicoloured green/eco range.
Very intelligently, they have developed a way of gathering up the scrap plastic from the manufacture of their boxes, to make other boxes. But because these are a hotchpotch of bits,the plastic is a sludgy grey. So they add random food-safe dyes and end up with boxes which are consistent in shape but unique in colour. I love the way the light shines through in a rainbow of colours!

I think this is a good thing, and it is worth paying a little more [around 15-20p per box] to know my boxes are made from scrap which would have gone to landfill. [Yeah, I know it probably doesn't cost L&L more but I'm encouraging a good principle]
The wrappers are recyclable cardboard, and the lids fit boxes of different volumes.
I just bought these, mostly for Liz's birthday but a few for myself. 
The green one top left is just the right size for 2 portions of soup to go in the freezer. The smaller ones will hold cheese - the littlest one just right for carrot sticks or olives for a Rosie-snack.
I bought these from Harts of Stur - a fantastic Dorset kitchen shop, celebrating its centenary this year. Still run by the same family it is a lovely shop to wander round and they do mail order. Not as well known as Lakeland, but sometimes cheaper!