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18 sty 2021 · Novel cafeteria audit indicates true cost far exceeds simple calculation of uneaten lunches. Students, in all grades, waste vegetables and fruit the most, representing more than 50% of their plate waste. Eggs and poultry, the researchers found, were the least-wasted food category.
6 gru 2019 · A new World Wildlife Fund report estimates U.S. school food waste totals 530,000 tons per year and costs as much as $9.7 million a day to manage, which breaks down to about 39.2 pounds of food waste and 19.4 gallons of milk thrown out per school per year, based on the results from the 46-school sample across nine cities.
5 gru 2019 · The report, which gathered information from WWF’s Food Waste Warriors education program, analyzed post-service food waste in 46 schools in nine U.S. cities across eight states. Based on the results from this sample, food waste in schools could amount to an estimated 530,000 tons per year, costing as much as $9.7M per day or $1.7B every school ...
There are evidence-based strategies to reduce waste without weakening the nutritional quality of school meals. Policymakers, school administrators, and school foodservice staff can work together to help students enjoy their meals and reduce food waste in cafeterias.
23 cze 2022 · The U.S. National School Lunch Program shapes the consumption of America’s children and adolescents, providing a meaningful opportunity to reduce dietary environmental impacts.
5 sty 2023 · Bloom argues that food waste prevention methods such as extending lunch times, changing the layout of lunchrooms, creating self-serve lines, renaming food items, and having lunch after recess are key steps to take in preventing students from wasting food (Bloom).
28 wrz 2022 · The World Wildlife Fund estimates food waste alone in U.S. schools to reach 530,000 tons annually. When food and lunch products go to waste, we’re not only creating physical waste that ends up in our landfills, but we’re also wasting all the natural resources that were needed to create or grow that product/food.
