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PLASTIC FREE LUNCH DAY - a first for NYC schools!

11/25/2018

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Cafeteria Culture's first PLASTIC FREE LUNCH DAY was led by 5th grade students from our PLASTIC FREE WATERS program at PS 15 Patrick F. Daly in Red Hook Brooklyn (May, 2018).

Working with their School Food manager and supervisor, students proposed a plan to test out a school lunch day with as little single-use packaging as possible. There was only one pound of trash at the end of all lunch periods (a 99% diversion rate) and zero trash from the kitchen!

A huge thank you to the amazing School Food Staff who worked with PS15 students and Cafeteria Culture to make this possible!

Is your school interested in learning how to lead a Plastic Free Lunch Day?  Contact us or sign up for our Cafcu news. 
We will be sharing a Plastic Free Lunch Day "how to" very soon as part of our upcoming Plastic Free Waters Toolkit!
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