The Cafeteria Waste Reduction team works to create materials, events, and initiatives that support schools in reducing cafeteria waste. This can include efforts like implementing industrial composting, reducing or eliminating plastics or other disposables from the cafeteria, installing water bottle filling stations, introducing share tables, and many more projects.
Creating Waste Reduction System Improvement Plans
Global Food Waste Prevention Week (FWPW): September 28th - October 4th, 2026
In April 2025, Our Future’s CWR Team created a series of engagement opportunities for schools to participate in Food Waste Prevention Week. Even though the next official FWPW isn’t until September 2026, we have a series of suggested activities for your school to create its own Food Waste Prevention Week! Click here for a list of activities and associated resources.
Plastics Free Lunch Day:
Every April and November, there is a Plastics Free Lunch Day
Schools can choose how to plan for their day, depending on what works with administration and how far along their school is in waste reduction efforts
Schools can eliminate one or multiple single use plastics in the cafeteria, provide single use plastics by request, write letters to the district, carry out a before and after plastic waste audit
The Cafeteria Waste Reduction team works to create materials, events, and initiatives that support schools in reducing cafeteria waste. This can include efforts like implementing industrial composting, reducing or eliminating plastics or other disposables from the cafeteria, installing water bottle filling stations, introducing share tables, and many more projects.
Creating Waste Reduction System Improvement Plans
Global Food Waste Prevention Week (FWPW): September 28th - October 4th, 2026
In April 2025, Our Future’s CWR Team created a series of engagement opportunities for schools to participate in Food Waste Prevention Week. Even though the next official FWPW isn’t until September 2026, we have a series of suggested activities for your school to create its own Food Waste Prevention Week! Click here for a list of activities and associated resources.
Plastics Free Lunch Day:
Every April and November, there is a Plastics Free Lunch Day
Schools can choose how to plan for their day, depending on what works with administration and how far along their school is in waste reduction efforts
Schools can eliminate one or multiple single use plastics in the cafeteria, provide single use plastics by request, write letters to the district, carry out a before and after plastic waste audit
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