KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Kalamazoo Public Schools’ elementary schools are switching to environmentally friendly biodegradable lunch trays this week, officials said in a release.
KPS will begin rolling out new five-compartment biodegradable trays this week. Officials expect that the old Styrofoam trays will be used by Friday.
“We just realized when we were doing the math that we were putting about 1 million Styrofoam trays into the landfill each year. We always want to aim to have a lighter carbon footprint,” Kirsten Strong, the district’s registered dietician, said in a statement…