Resource Library
Short Info-briefs, reports and videos to accelerate plastic-free policy change!
Cafeteria Culture Reports
10,000 Chemicals in Plastic: A Sample Plastic producers add more than 10,000 synthetic chemicals to plastic polymers to make products. May, 2022, 1-page PDF with references -> |
Plastic Free Lunch Day (PFLD) Cost Savings School Cafeteria Cost-Savings from Plastic-Reducing Food Service Adaptations August, 2022, 3-page PDF with references -> |
This case study examines cost savings that can result from three PFLD food service changes:
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COVID & PLASTIC FOODWARE
Why Grab and Go Food Dispensing Methods
do not Prevent COVID-19 Transmission
April, 2022, 1-page PDF with references ->
New!
Reusable Dishware: Calculate Cost Savings
Cost of Dishware: Disposables v. Reusables
Use our handy methodology to calculate the cost of disposables for each lunch served, the cost of disposables per day for all students, the cost of disposables per month & per year for all students, then factor in dishwashing and labor costs and determine how long it will take to recoup the cost of reusables.
Reusable Dishware: Calculate Cost Savings
Cost of Dishware: Disposables v. Reusables
Use our handy methodology to calculate the cost of disposables for each lunch served, the cost of disposables per day for all students, the cost of disposables per month & per year for all students, then factor in dishwashing and labor costs and determine how long it will take to recoup the cost of reusables.
Presentations and Podcasts
Plastic threats to human health
Jenny Davies, MD MPH JD, Public and Environmental Health Director, Cafeteria Culture
-- Presentation to Manhattan & Brooklyn Solid Waste Advisory Boards, NYC July 26, 2022
-- Presentation to Manhattan & Brooklyn Solid Waste Advisory Boards, NYC July 26, 2022
On this edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug speak with Dr. Jenny Davies, physician, attorney, and Public and Environmental Health Director for non-profit Cafeteria Culture about the chemical toxins in plastic and how they are impacting our health and safety.
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Reports from other organizations:
Ditching Disposables:
A Toolkit for Healthier Foodware in K-12 Schools Children's Environmental Health, MAY 24, 2021 A toolkit is designed to help your school make the transition from harmful single-use food service ware (FSW) to healthier, more sustainable alternatives. 12-page PDF -> |