Needham schools cut down on food waste with reusable metal trays 02:21. Schools in Needham, Massachusetts have cut down on their food waste by replacing their old cafeteria lunch trays with ...

FITCHBURG — Being eco-friendly is extremely important in Fitchburg Public Schools. In Nutrition Services, a switch to compostable, non-styrofoam food trays has been in the works for close to ...

More schools in the North Country are getting interested in putting local fruits and vegetables on kids' lunch trays. But buying directly from farmers is more complicated than buying from big food ...

Woods, 10, is also pushing for reusable trays to make her school more eco-friendly. "It just goes into the landfills and over time, those landfills will expand," warned Woods, ...

Last year students at the school, along with Food Services Director Eileen Faustich, got the idea that biodegradable bamboo trays would be better for the environment than plastic foam trays. As a ...

Espiritu School in south Phoenix, serving breakfast and lunch to 600 kids, nearly doubled or tripled its orders for local food last winter, said Cesar Ruiz, a consultant for the Farm to School ...

Schools in Needham, Massachusetts have cut down on their food waste by replacing their old cafeteria lunch trays with reusable metal ones and they're already seeing results. "Food service ...