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Right now, we don’t have any family members in need of a lunchbox. The day care center that our grandson attends provides lunches. But, in a few years, when he is in elementary school, we will certainly want to buy him the unique Goodbyn, a lunchbox, “reinvented for kids, parents, and our planet.” These lunchboxes were created by a small company in Seattle called Byndoo. The company “had a little idea to reinvent the way kids eat lunch – making lunchtime easier, more inspiring, and fun for both kids and parents.”

The dishwasher-safe Goodbyn, which is BPA and phthalate-free, has five individual compartments and a lid that ensures that the applesauce in one compartment won’t mix with the sandwich in another compartment. Thanks to a specially-designed handle, the Goodbyn is easy for kids and their parents to hold. And, without adult assistance, kids readily open the Goodbyn at school. Each Goodbyn comes with an 8.5 ounce bottle (which eliminates the need for juice boxes) and three sheets of stickers, “so the kids can make each lunchbox their own.”  

All of Goodbyn’s products are manufactured in Michigan at Cascade Engineering. Cascade was Byndoo’s choice from the beginning because of their capabilities in engineering, an impressive client list, and high-volume manufacturing capacity. Byndoo also preferred Cascade because of their transparency in labor and environmental ethics. Cascade has garnered innumerable awards and certifications for their stewardship to the environment, their employees and community — setting a new standard by which all other companies will measure themselves in the future.

Byndoo chose to use a local printer in Washington state, because they offered local quality with corporate efficiencies. They are FSC-certified and are very much in-tune with their waste and recycling procedures. Byndoo utilizes their unique printing expertise with vegetable-based inks, recycled materials, and water-based solvent adhesives. Byndoo also uses their warehouse to store, assemble and fulfill orders for Goodbyn. They’re the last link in the chain before Goodbyns reach their next destination: the store shelves and really excited kids.

As a member of 1% for the Planet, Byndoo is a very socially responsible company.

Byndoo contributes 1% of sales to multiple environmental organizations, donating directly to the nonprofits via 1% for the Planet.

I could not help but wonder about the origins of the unusual names Byndoo and Goodbyn. It turns out that the name Byndoo is from the Sanskrit work, ‘bindu,” which means “a small element in a larger plot,” like the ripple effect of a drop of water. And, the name Goodbyn?

Goodbyn started as a line of lunchbox containers for children, and the ‘byn’ migrated from Byndoo…. We think of Goodbyn as a product design and manufacturing company that will begin to change the way people think about food, nutrition, waste, and the planet’s health. It started with lunchboxes, but we hope to extend the vision to encompass the way we collect, transport, and dispose of what we use as a society, responsibly and prudently.