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PGCPS students press district to stop distributing plastic breakfast bags in some schools
Summary
Student investigators told the Prince George's County Public Schools Climate Change Action Plan Ad Hoc Committee that plastic bags used to hold breakfast items are unnecessary in many classrooms; district staff said they will research how many schools use the bags, their cost, and whether use can be reduced or eliminated in some sites.
Prince George's County Public Schools students told the district's Climate Change Action Plan Ad Hoc Committee on April 23 that plastic bags used to package breakfast items at some schools appear unnecessary and should be eliminated where they serve no purpose.
At the meeting, Olivia Thomas and Noah Agbere, eighth-grade students who led the research, said they noticed plastic bags used to hold cereal and other breakfast items at Kenmore Middle School and elsewhere and asked why the bags remained in use despite a countywide plastic bag law. "We are going to present information and guide a discussion about the problem of plastic bags being used in a seemingly unnecessary way at PGCPS breakfast in hopes that we can develop an effective approach," the students said during their presentation.
Why this matters: district staff and committee members tied the bags' continued use to pandemic-era service changes and to nutrition program requirements, and said continuing the practice could conflict with district sustainability…
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