I used to store everything in plastic and eat out of plastic. Now when I come home from the grocery store, I open the cereal and pour it out of the plastic and into clean glass containers. I take snacks with us in small glass containers. I have been rinsing used glass spaghetti sauce jars for a long time and putting rubber bands and twistie ties in them, and now I also put string cheese and vegetables in them for the fridge. Instead of wrapping ground beef in aluminum foil or plastic, today I put about four pounds of beef in a rinsed metal serving dish and froze it that way. (Note: it was very hard to separate the beef when I wanted to use it, so now I freeze individual pounds on small plates in the freezer.) I can’t seem to get plastic out of the kitchen completely but I am sure trying. Glass has no chemicals that come off onto food when heated or stored for long periods of time so that is why I put snacks in glass for car rides that are likely to get warm – remember that the car’s temperature can get quite high when you park it and leave it. I bought three glass containers in a set from the thrift store and it is nice and thick and sturdy and I have not broken any glass in my home. The openings are big enough that I can stick my hand in to feel for crumbs when I rinse them out between uses. I do keep it up and out of reach of my toddler and I watch her closely when she carries the little container with her snacks so that she will be safe.