Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Colorado Springs District 11 Elementary School is one step closer to having a zero-waste lunch program. And now students can ...

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.

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Colorado Springs School District 11's Buena Vista Elementary School is one step closer to a zero-waste lunch program. "Students threw about 500 foam trays in the landfill every ...

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," ...

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 ...

Packages of unopened school food are being saved and made available to hungry students instead of being thrown away.