On a pistachio - green
plastic lunch tray in the cafeteria of Sam Hughes Elementary School, Tucson, Arizona, circa 1970 - 76.
We were served a hot meal every day on
a plastic lunch tray.
Ill admit that when I was a kid I used to love riding down snowy hills outside my junior high school on
plastic lunch trays stolen from the cafeteria, but those days are long gone.
Federal rules requiring healthier school meals took effect this summer, but many students will be seeing the same fatty foods that have been on
their plastic lunch trays for years, a report says.
Recycling success: Two years ago, 2nd - graders at Old Kings Elementary School in Flagler Beach began a recycling campaign for plastic and later boycotted disposable
plastic lunch trays.
Not exact matches
On the days mom was tied up with her from - home baking business,
lunch dates with her sisters, or marathon training, I would end up with a hot
lunch and sit there longing for my PB no - J and pick around the questionable foods that filled my
plastic cafeteria
tray.
So get out your party hats, your
plastic sporks and your styrofoam
lunch trays, and let's kick off the JPD festivities!
Well, I've been roundly criticized by
Lunch Tray readers today for accepting so easily my district's explanation on why we use a flimsy spork instead of
plastic forks... [Continue reading]
Well, I've been roundly criticized by
Lunch Tray readers today for accepting so easily my district's explanation on why we use a flimsy spork instead of
plastic forks and knives in our cafeterias.
The polystyrene used in traditional
lunch trays is a petroleum - based
plastic that won't break down for hundreds of years.
I wanted to focus on environmental issues like substituting conventional school cleaning products with more environmentally friendly options; introducing waste - free
lunches; eliminating the throw - away styrofoam
trays used in our lunchroom; replacing Sally Foster fundraisers with more eco-friendly options; and stopping the Cheap
Plastic Crap giveaways used at school fundraisers.