Recipient of the 2013 Environmental Quality Award
for Environmental Education
from the US Environmental Protection Agency Learn More >
for Environmental Education
from the US Environmental Protection Agency Learn More >
NYC and 5 of the largest school districts in the U.S. have issued a request for bids (RFP)
for school food compostable plates. (learn more about the problem with polystyrene trays)
This contract will eliminate 2.9 MILLION polystyrene foam school trays used per day! (read more)
THANK YOU, parents, students, teachers, school staff, and concerned citizens,
who helped us advocate for and pilot safe, climate-smart food ware.
THANK YOU, NYC Office of School Food for listening and for working with us on this critical issue.
for school food compostable plates. (learn more about the problem with polystyrene trays)
This contract will eliminate 2.9 MILLION polystyrene foam school trays used per day! (read more)
THANK YOU, parents, students, teachers, school staff, and concerned citizens,
who helped us advocate for and pilot safe, climate-smart food ware.
THANK YOU, NYC Office of School Food for listening and for working with us on this critical issue.
TAKE ACTIONBAN POLYSTYRENE FOAM TRAYS and TO-GO CONTAINERS!
New Yorkers, there is still time to call, email, or visit your City Council Members (find them here). Urge them to vote yes for Bill 1060, to ban polystyrene foam to-go containers. (more details here) The bill will be brought to vote soon, but DART, the largest US manufacturer of polystyrene food containers, and the chemical lobby have millions to spend to stop this bill. Let your voice be heard! (read the FACT SHEET) ENDORSEMENTS"Cafeteria Culture's ARTS+ACTION program was the perfect compliment to the Cafeteria Ranger’s program. Together, they solidified the concept of environmental activism in our students’ minds and lives by stitching together multiple school-day elements to support conservation. Thank you for everything!"
James Lee, Principal PS20 Anna Silver School "Thanks to CafCu's tireless endeavors, we have seen a 20 percent reduction in the amount of polystyrene trays used in our schools... We are grateful for your environmental advocacy and for the incredible work you and your colleagues do with our students."
Dennis M. Walcott, Chancellor NYC Department of Education Follow Us On Facebook |
ARTS+ACTION
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IMPACTInspired NYC School Food to initiate cooperative purchasing of compostable plates with the 5 largest US school districts to replace polystyrene trays!
Catalyzed Trayless Tuesdays: one day a week without polystyrene trays in 1,700 NYC public schools, at no extra cost to the city
Trayless Tuesdays has diverted over 70 million polystyrene trays from the landfills and incinerators since 2010
Influenced Mayor Bloomberg's citywide proposed ban of polystyrene to-go containers and school lunch trays!
Initiated a private-public partnership that sparked NYC's school composting pilot; to be implemented in all 1700 schools in 2015!
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