New Bedford School District Case Study: Reusables & Food Waste Reduction (2023)

In an effort to better serve its vast and diverse student body, New Bedford Public Schools received a School Recycling Assistance Grant in 2019 through the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Sustainable Materials Recovery Program (SMRP) to assist with the purchase and installation of 10 school dishwasher systems. They tracked direct and indirect costs of the project to demonstrate financial benefits of implementing reusable serveware systems.