WATERVILLE — The Huhtamaki fiber plant is the first in the nation to manufacture compostable lunch trays and recently entered a contract with six of the largest school districts in the United States ...

LONG BEACH — The Long Beach Unified School District uses an astounding 7 million disposable foam lunch trays each year. The numbers are a nightmare for the environmentally conscious, but Cecelia ...

The used lunch trays Emily Fox took home about four years ago from the loading dock outside her elementary school were gross, some still plastered with ketchup. Emily stacked the trays in piles of 10.

The Ellensburg School District throws out 272,000 Styrofoam trays thrown out every year. These trays usually end up in a landfill and will never decompose. With that in mind, the district is ...

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 four ...

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As restaurants and retailers have struggled to keep their doors open during the pandemic, foam containers have become the lifeblood of many restaurants as takeout orders have exploded. But Connecticut ...