Schools Ditch Sporks, Slowly Discard Plastic-Wrapped Meals
Although Styrofoam trays and plastic straws have been banished from its cafeterias, the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) still relies on individually packaged meals and disposable utensils for the bulk of the 6.8 million meals it serves annually. According to SFUSD estimates, the school system generates some 6.3 million gallons of landfill-bound trash,…