Evaluating Food Packaging Waste in Schools: A Systematic Literature Review.

ABSTRACT: Public schools in the U.S. generate about 14,500 tons of municipal solid waste daily, and approximately 42% of that is food packaging generated by school foodservice, contributing significantly to the global packaging waste crisis. This literature review summarizes methods used to evaluate food packaging waste in school foodservice. This review has two objectives: first, to understand which methodologies currently exist to evaluate food packaging waste generation and disposal in school foodservice; and second, to describe the creation of and share a practical standardized instrument to evaluate food packaging waste generation and disposal in school foodservice. A systematic review was conducted using the following search terms: solid waste, school, cafeteria and food packaging, waste, and

SUBMITTER: Heiges J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9101714 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature