My school has lunched catered in daily because it cuts down on staff in the kitchen. The food is delivered in individual aluminum containers for each student. In doing so, the school uses 99,000 aluminum trays in one school year, all of which get thrown away. I'm trying to find an alternative such as biodegradable food containers. Does anyone have any ideas? The container has to be able to withstand the heat of an oven.
It's almost always cheaper to cook at home than order out and have food delivered. Sounds like your school district is spending more money in one area of a budget to save a little money in another. Typical govt. thinking. Get them to cook your food on site so they dont have to discard food containers and you can have better food too.
Maybe you could look into recyclable paper containers such as those that pizza places use? I'm always a big fan of materials like pyrex glass containers as they're reusable, strong, and can be returned to the company and sterilized.
Why not keep using the aluminum? It's 100 percent recyclable! That's even better than having something in a landfull bio-degrading over 10 years!
Aluminum is very recyclable and profitable to do so. It takes 95% less energy to recycle aluminum then to create new aluminum. I doubt that you will find a better alternative that will withstand oven heat. You need to start a recycling program
Could you not just recycle the aluminium food containers? Its a lot better than alternatives like plastic.
