{"id":80,"date":"2025-03-08T11:50:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T11:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beeshoneyandbeeswax.com\/blog\/?p=80"},"modified":"2025-03-12T01:26:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T01:26:39","slug":"beeswax-wraps-vs-plastic-beeswax-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beeshoneyandbeeswax.com\/blog\/beeswax-wraps-vs-plastic-beeswax-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"Beeswax Food Wraps vs Plastic? Beeswax wins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"246\" src=\"http:\/\/beeshoneyandbeeswax.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Beeswax-vs-Plastic-Test-1024x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81\" srcset=\"http:\/\/beeshoneyandbeeswax.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Beeswax-vs-Plastic-Test-1024x246.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/beeshoneyandbeeswax.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Beeswax-vs-Plastic-Test-300x72.jpg 300w, http:\/\/beeshoneyandbeeswax.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Beeswax-vs-Plastic-Test-768x185.jpg 768w, http:\/\/beeshoneyandbeeswax.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Beeswax-vs-Plastic-Test-1536x369.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/beeshoneyandbeeswax.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Beeswax-vs-Plastic-Test-600x144.jpg 600w, http:\/\/beeshoneyandbeeswax.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Beeswax-vs-Plastic-Test.jpg 1652w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(115deg,rgb(238,238,238) 0%,rgb(169,184,195) 100%)\">Dr. Laura Ohl of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencebuddies.org\/science-fair-projects\/project-ideas\/EnvSci_p071\/green-chemistry\/beeswax-as-plastic-alternative\">Science Buddies designed an experiment to compare Beeswax Food Wraps to plastic wraps<\/a>. The experiment compares the durability, heat resistance, and sealing effectiveness of beeswax wraps to plastic wraps. Beeswax food wraps win the test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of companies selling beeswax food wraps is increasing; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefarmerscupboard.com\/blogs\/bees-honey\/beeswax-wraps-where-to-buy\">the Farmer&#8217;s Cupboard<\/a> lists 13 of those companies. Other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/search?q=beeswax%20wraps&amp;ref=search_bar\">beeswax wrap companies sell on Etsy<\/a>, Amazon and Ebay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background\">Many of those companies are environmental activists and believe, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeswrap.com\/pages\/about\">Beeswrap<\/a>  that &#8220;If every American household swapped plastic wrap with Bee\u2019s Wrap we\u2019d save a staggering\u00a0<strong>212 million square feet (4.8 million acres)<\/strong>\u00a0of plastic from the planet each year.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you buy any Beeswax food warps, here are Tips on how to best clean and preserve them from Australia&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/honeybeewrap.com.au\/blogs\/news\/how-to-clean-and-care-for-beeswax-wraps-a-comprehensive-guide\">HoneyBeeWrap<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Laura Ohl of Science Buddies designed an experiment to compare Beeswax Food Wraps to plastic wraps. The experiment compares the durability, heat resistance, and sealing effectiveness of beeswax wraps to plastic wraps. Beeswax food wraps win the test. 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