Are you tired of seeing so much single-use plastic packaging served with your school lunch? Be inspired by PS 188 students to reduce single-use plastics at your school!
Then get ready for Plastic Free Lunch at your school: http://www.plasticfreelunch.org

If 3 pieces of plastic are reduced per school day from all US public school lunches, we could reduce 98 million pieces of plastic used per day across the US! Let's do it!

Teachers, get access to our free DESKTOP LUNCH SURVEY unit and other MICROPLASTIC MADNESS TOOLKIT lessons: http://www.cafeteriaculture.org/micro...

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After learning about the impact of plastic pollution - from extraction to manufacture to disposal - students at our partner school, PS 188 The Island School in NYC, wanted to know what they could do to reduce the amount of plastic they were using every day in school.

Equipped with pencils, paper, camcorders, and great ideas, our students documented their lunches. They surveyed the packaging by quantified and cataloging every plastic item served with their meal. Then they brainstormed, listed alternatives to single-use plastic packaging, and shared their suggestions and data with the School Food manager... and she listened!

With their own data, suggestions, and personal stories, our students persuaded their School Food manager to eliminate 3 single-use plastic packaging items per lunch, amounting to a reduction of more than 30,000 plastic items for the remaining 20 days in the school year! Then they calculated how much less plastic would be used if all New York City schools did the same.

Students learned that by collecting their own data and supporting their data with personal stories and good math, they could influence #plasticfree change in their own school! Now they are ready to reduce plastic packaging outside of school too!

Thank you to students, teachers and school food staff at PS 188 The Island School in New York City. A very special thank you to Councilwoman Carlina Rivera and the New York City Council for generously supporting our environmental education pilot programs.

**Video created by Daniel Ramos, CafCu Media Assistant

Learn more and be inspired by student data + action: www.cafeteriaculture.org