L.A. Unified replaces plastic foam cafeteria trays with paper ones
Friday, August 24, 2012 - 01:00
in Health & Medicine
The districtwide switch to recyclable paper trays was sparked by students at one middle school who were studying the effects of trash on the environment.Lunch items in the Los Angeles Unified School District have been in flux in recent years — for example, swapping pizza for whole-grain spaghetti — but the sagging plastic foam tray that carried the food survived for decades.