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​PLASTIC FREE LUNCH DAY!

Take climate action on Fridays (& every day) by reducing single-use plastics in your cafeteria!
  - Bridge the connection between plastic production, use and disposal.
  - Collect data (before and after) and use your data to accelerate change in your school community and city/town.
   - Share your data and photos with us!  
(Learn more about the Plastic Pollution Crisis ->)

See how 5th grade students from PS 15 in Brooklyn organized the first NYC school Plastic Free Lunch Day! Their actions are portrayed in our award winning movie, 
MICROPLASTIC MADNESS. (watch the trailer, host a screening)


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How to Lead a
​CAFETERIA PLASTIC SURVEY 

 A first step towards a Plastic Free Lunch Day

Scroll down for:
  • "How to lead a Cafeteria Plastic Survey" PDF ( 2 pages, downloadable )
  • Survey Sheet (1 page, downloadable )
  • A PlasticPollution Overview slide presentation (Link shared)
  • and more resources!
  • Sign up to screen Microplastic Madness, the movie, in your school! (free for all Title 1 schools)
Check out our free Remote Learning resources ->

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Learn more about MICROPLASTIC MADNESS - the movie and campaign ->
Microplastic Madness - movie
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Download Teaching Resources

 "Cafeteria Plastic Survey how to" 2 page PDF
cafeteria_plastic_survey_-_how_to__cafeteriaculture2019_compressed.pdf
File Size: 413 kb
File Type: pdf
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Cafeteria Plastic Survey - data sheet
cafeteria_plastic_survey_sheet_121319.pdf
File Size: 113 kb
File Type: pdf
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Intro Slide Presentation: 
 PLASTIC FREE LUNCH DAY - The Plastic Pollution Problem Overview


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News article 
Plastic Is Really Bad For The Earth — But That Isn't The Whole Story 
Adapted from NPR July 2019 for 5th graders
Original article: https://www.kunc.org/post/plastic-has-big-carbon-footprint-isnt-whole-story#stream/0
plastic_is_really_bad_for_the_earth_—_but_that_isnt_the_whole_story__adapted_.pdf
File Size: 220 kb
File Type: pdf
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Cafeteria Culture (CafCu) is a Project of The Fund for the City of New York, a charitable organization.
Founded in 2009 as Styrofoam Out of Schools.
Donations to Cafeteria Culture are eligible for charitable deductions under section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Cafeteria Culture is a vendor of New York City Department of Education via Fund for the City of New York

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VISION
We envision a plastic free, equitable zero waste future where landfill and incinerator garbage as we know it no longer exists;
where post consumption waste from food to packaging is drastically reduced
and what remains benefits our schools, communities, and the environment. 

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