For parents with young kids, it has already begun: the messaging onslaught from the advertising machine, telling you that you need to buy everything new, that a new school year requires new supplies.

KEET-TV will present a free “Zero Waste Lunch Kit” workshop Aug. 19 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Jefferson Community Center, 1000 B St. in Eureka. “We will offer folks a chance to make tote bags, ...

The task seemed implausible: feed 175 students without producing an ounce of trash. Yet, that’s exactly what UB did last week as it welcomed back students from summer vacation. The meal, dubbed a ...

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — Students at a local school are trying to pull off a zero-waste lunch by composting, sharing unwanted food and encouraging others. The Marshall Road Elementary school in ...

If you want to give your kids a healthy lunch while reducing waste, skip the brown bag along with "snack size" and single- serving containers and aim toward a zero-waste lunch. According to ...

August might harken the end of summer, but this year, many parents and students across our community are celebrating a much-anticipated return to school after spending the better part of the last ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — An elementary school in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is one step closer to a zero-waste lunch program. "Students threw about 500 foam trays in the landfill every week," ...