School Case Studies

Schools around the US have successfully switched to reusable foodware. Here’s how.

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California

• Benjamin Franklin Elementary School

• Author - ReThink Disposable

• Publication year - 2020

• Berkeley Unified School District (Phase One) 

• Author - Center for Environmental Health & ReThink Disposable

• Publication year - 2020

• Bishop O’Dowd High School

• Author - ReThink Disposable

• Publication year - 2016

• Fremont Unified School District

• Author - Center for Environmental Health 

• Publication year - 2024

• Palo Alto Unified School District

• Author - ReThink Disposable

• Publication year - 2019

• University of San Francisco Market Café 

• Author -  ReThink Disposable

• Publication year - 2017

Connecticut

• Middletown Public School District

• Author - ReThink Disposable

• Publication year - 2024

Massachusetts

• Bedford Public Schools

  • Author - ReThink Disposable

  • Publication year - 2025

• New Bedford School District

• Author - Massachusetts Department of the Environment 

• Publication year - 2023

• Town of Framingham Elementary Schools 

• Author - Massachusetts Department of the Environment 

• Publication year - 2013

• Walpole Public Schools

  • Author - Re:Dish

  • Publication year - 2024

Minnesota 

• Minnetonka Middle Schools

• Author - Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

• Publication year - 2014

Washington

• Seattle Pacific University

  • Author - Reuse Seattle

  • Publication year - 2024

Nationwide

• Conscious Cafeteria Project

• Author - Upstream & Ahimsa

• Publication year - 2024