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Fifth-graders urge district to ditch single-use plastics; district proposes student-teacher working group
Summary
SPE fifth graders presented cost, waste and health data to the Steamboat Springs School Board April 7 and urged a return to reusable dishes. District staff praised the research and proposed a working group to explore pilot options, costs and funding.
Steamboat Springs School Board heard a presentation April 7 from SPE fifth graders urging the district to stop single-use plastics in school cafeterias and return to reusable dishware, arguing the change would reduce waste, cut costs and lower student exposure to plastic-related chemicals.
The students told the board that single-use items cost their school about $0.27 per student per day, estimating $103.68 per day and roughly $18,662.40 per year for SPE alone, and presented additional figures for dishwasher operating costs and prior district experience with reusable serviceware. They cited a prior district change to reusable kitchenware that a local paper reported reduced lunch waste by about 70% and reduced the number of 30-gallon trash bags…
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