Eco-Friendly Packaging Puts Loveland Mom On The Map
While many might say going into business with family can be a mistake, Bonnie Stromme of Loveland would tell you otherwise.
Stromme’s four children routinely come home from school to help package, proc-ess orders and ship out their mom’s product.
In fact, it was Stromme’s children than gave her the idea for the Wrap-N-Mat, a product now sold internationally.
“I was packing six lunches to go up to the mountains, but only had two sandwich bag-gies,” said Stromme, who has a degree in business marketing. “So instead I used a paper towel with masking tape.”
Stromme then fashioned her primitive invention into the product it is today.
The Wrap-N-Mat, patented by Stromme in 1998, is a reusable fabric and plastic octago-nal sandwich wrapper that doubles as a place mat when opened.Recently featured on The Today Show as an eco-friendly product, Stromme said it is an easy way to prevent the millions of plastic sandwich bags that are thrown away from going to the landfill.
“Little steps over time can make a big difference,” she said.
The Today Show estimated that a student who brings his lunch to school everyday creates about 67 pounds of trash each year.
“You have to pack out what you pack in,” Stromme said.
Wrap-N-Mats are manufactured in Denver and Hong Kong by companies that fol-low fair trade and labor prac-tices, Stromme said.
The product has been sold in Wal-Mart, Whole Foods and can still be purchased online for about $6.50.
Image from Wrap-N-Mat.
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