The cafeteria is the greatest source of a school’s carbon emissions AND a big source of chemical exposure harmful to student health.
Research shows that plastic is contributing to these growing health trends in children:
The Conscious Cafeteria
We are decarbonizing schools cafeterias and improving student health and environmental health knowledge through our reusable foodware and customized educational curriculum.
Plastic is a global threat to human health
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The AAP released a statement saying that chemicals in plastic harm children’s hormones, growth and brain development.
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“The impacts of plastic production and pollution on the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature loss and pollution are a catastrophe in the making,” the UN agency said, “with exposure to plastics harming human health...”
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“Plastics contain and leach hazardous chemicals, including endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that threaten human health.”
Stainless steel is the ONLY non-breakable dish material recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (which is backed by 67,000 pediatricians).
Plastic is a global threat to our planet
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School cafeterias are one of the US’s highest contributors to plastic waste. By one measure, schools in the US contribute to 3 billion pounds of lunchroom waste annually.
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In the UK, polluting single use plastics will be banned beginning October 2023.
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The impacts of plastic pollution start with how plastics are made. “The plastics industry is the fastest-growing source of industrial greenhouse gases in the world...”
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Cafeteria Trays (5 compartments)
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Bowls (12 oz)
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Square Bowls (12 oz)
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Compartment Plates
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Sold outCups (16 oz)
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Cups (10 oz)
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Cups (8 oz)
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Cafeteria Tray
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GreenScreen Certified
Our cafeteria tray is GreenScreen Certified, which means it has been thoroughly tested and achieved the GreenScreen Standard for Reusable Food Packaging. This certification sets a new safety standard for products that do NOT contain PFAS and other harmful chemicals.