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Free Information Session: Lead in Drinking Water | 免费信息讲座 饮用水中含铅
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Did you know that Malden has 2,500 lead water pipes? That’s 21% of the pipes delivering water in Malden! Lead can permanently harm health. Join us to learn about the actions you can take to protect your family.
This presentation will be offered in Mandarin and English.
When: Saturday, January 11th, 2025, 10 am - 12 pm Where: Beebe School, Cafeteria, 401 Pleasant St, Malden, MA 02148In this session, we will talk about:
What is lead and how does it get into my water? How can you schedule a free water test for lead? How can you remove lead pipes at the source?Includes:
FreeFree Information Session: Safer Homes / Sesión Informativa: Casas Más Seguras
How can we use our gas stoves in a safer way? How can we ensure our homes are protected from fires? How can we reduce your exposure to lead at home? ¿Cómo podemos utilizar nuestras cocinas a gas de forma más segura? ¿Cómo podemos garantizar que nuestros hogares estén protegidos contra incendios? ¿Cómo podemos reducir la exposición al plomo en el hogar?
Bedford Public Schools, Bedford, MA
Bedford Public Schools, located in Bedford, Massachusetts, serve approximately 2,500 students across four schools: Lt. Eleazer Davis Elementary (PK–2), Lt. Job Lane Elementary (3–5), John Glenn Middle School (6–8), and Bedford High School (9–12). Approximately 1,400 lunches are served daily across the district.
Thanks to a generous donation from PlasticFreeRestaurants.org, the schools’ polystyrene (foam) lunch trays were traded for Ahimsa stainless steel reusable trays in December 2024. This was the final phase of a district-wide cafeteria waste reduction program; since 2023, the district has implemented a food share table, and separating recycling, food scraps, and liquids from true trash.
Read The Full Case Study Here (PDF)
ReThink Disposable is a program of Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund conducted in partnership with local organizations, businesses, and government agencies. Generous support is provided by a changing list of public and private funders. To learn more about the program, its partners, and funders, visit: www.rethinkdisposable.org.
Packaging practices prior to ReThink Disposable:
Single-use expanded polystyrene 5-compartment tray
Recommendations Implemented:
Durable stainless-steel 5-compartment tray
Before & After
Document
MA-Bedford-ReThink-Case-Study.pdf
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Business Information:
97 McMahon Rd
Bedford, MA 01730
United States
The Bottom Line
$11,777.40
annual net cost savings
261,720
disposable items reduced per year
5,796 lbs.
annual waste reduction
In the Lane school, we have gone from 18 bags of trash a lunch day down to 6. The reusable trays have vastly reduced the amount of garbage thrown out and have actually streamlined the whole lunchtime custodial operation.
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.