What is Plastic Free Lunch Day? A day when school lunch is prepared without plastic! A campaign to dramatically reduce plastic use in all schools. An action day to reduce as much plastic as possible. Students take climate action in their school cafeteria.
On November 2, 2022, Cafeteria Culture and Urban School Food Alliance (USFA) are partnering up for the first Plastic Free Lunch Day USA, a national initiative to reduce plastic packaging in public school cafeterias and to protect student health and the environment. Public schools across the country are expected to participate in this inaugural national plastic free lunch initiative, including New York City (NYC), Los Angeles, and an additional sixteen of the largest US school districts that are members of the USFA. School lunch will be prepared without plastic or with a reduced amount of plastic on this day, providing a first glimpse of a plastic-free school cafeteria future. Schools everywhere are invited to participate by leading any plastic free free lunch action on November 2.
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The initiative is the result of years of collaborative effort led by Cafeteria Culture, in partnership with the NYC students and Department of Education (DOE) Office of Food and Nutrition Services (OFNS), a founding member of the Urban School Food Alliance, and Office of Sustainability.
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