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With ReThink Disposable’s support, food created during the San Carlos Youth Center's cooking class program is no longer served on paper plates, bowls, and napkins. Now kids enjoy a non-disposable option with “camp-style” metal enamel foodware and stainless steel utensils. Imparting cooking skills to young people is a rich life lesson. Now, the youth center imparts an even bigger life lesson about the connection between healthy food, healthy bodies/minds, and a healthy planet.
Business Profile:
The San Carlos Youth Center is a free, supervised after-school program featuring a full-size gym, game room, homework assistance and staff-led activities. A popular daily cooking class is enjoyed by an upwards of 130 kids each day between the ages of 8 and 17 years.
San Carlos Youth Center has a big impact on how young people think about food service. Because the Youth Center is an after-school service provider, they are uniquely positioned to impact the future actions and attitudes of the young people they work with. By providing a safe and fun after-school space,
the youth center can influence the decision-making and purchasing decisions of impressionable young people.
After an initial investment of $984 in durable, non-plastic, PFAS-free foodware, San Carlos Youth Center prevents 18,898 pieces of single-use items each year, weighing 214 pounds, and saves $719 in annual net cost savings.
The reusable foodware expense and payback period are both above average when compared to other ReThink Disposable participants. However, because children are involved avoiding toxins that are found in most foodware (i.e. plastic, linings) is the top priority (and - goes without saying - worth the investment!).
Packaging practices prior to ReThink Disposable:
- All foods served on paper plates and bowls
- Single-use plastic forks, knives, and spoons
- Lined paper popcorn bags and napkins for snacks
Recommendations Implemented:
- Durable plates to replace single-use paper plates
- Stainless steel forks, knives, and spoons to replace plastic utensils
- Bus tubs and cart to transport foodware
- PlateScrape to replace pre-wash step of used dishes
Before & After
Document
CS_San_Carlos Youth Center_09.23.20a.pdf
(744.41 KB)
Business Information:
1001 Chestnut St
San Carlos, CA
United States
The Bottom Line
$719
annual net cost savings
18,898 pieces
of disposable items reduced
214 lbs
of waste prevented
Working with ReThink Disposable was such a great experience! With their help, our Youth Center staff were not only educated but provided the resources to eliminate single-use disposable foodware and significantly reduce our daily waste. Thanks to ReThink Disposable we will be getting our after school participants into the habit of doing all we can to reduce our impact on the planet.
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Reducing Single-Use Food Packaging
ReThink Disposable works with local governments, businesses and institutions, and consumers of single use food packaging to inspire a cultural shift away from single-use "throwaway" lifestyle.
Curt Moultine
Curt began his canvassing career with the Michigan Citizen’s Lobby in August of 1989. He became Canvass Director for Georgia Citizen Action in March of 1991 and continued in the same role for Clean Water Action in Lansing, Michigan from 1993 until 2001.
Among his accomplishments as a Canvass Director, Curt promoted over a dozen staff members who went on to become Canvass Directors and Program Directors. In his current role with the Hudson Bay Company, Curt works with the Michigan Clean Water Action field canvasses.
He currently resides in Charlotte, Michigan with his wife Carol. They have 3
Emily Woodcock
Emily began at Clean Water Action in September 2004 in Ann Arbor where she filled several roles such as Senior Field Manager, before her current position as Canvass Director. She also canvasses two days a week, and immensely values her time spent training staff and organizing in the community. Emily grew up near Philadelphia, raised by parents who taught her early on the importance of working to better the community in which she lived. Before working for Clean Water Action, Emily spent a year as a Field Manager at the Rape Assistance and Awareness Program in Denver. She also has a degree in
Sean McBrearty
Sean learned the importance of protecting drinking water and our environment from a young age, growing up in a community devastated by perennial droughts and poor water and air quality in California’s central valley. He worked briefly as a firefighter before leaving California to attend school at Franciscan University in Ohio, where he studied History. Sean married his wife, Rose, in 2010 and moved to Grand Rapids, where he worked retail before joining Clean Water Action in Lansing in 2011.
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