Colleges take the lead A growing number of colleges and universities are trying to find more sustainable options, including reusable containers. For example, UMass Boston offers a “Green to Go” ...

The reusable containers will be fully recyclable. The bowls are also made with two layers of stainless steel, making them optimal for maintaining the temperature of the food inside. (Gina Nguyen / ...

Tufts Dining reimplemented its reusable takeout container program on Nov. 1 that had first beenlaunched in 2019 in the Carmichael and Dewick-MacPhie dining centers , and stopped Dining2GO due to low ...

Every year, billions of pounds of single-use plastics end up in landfills and some of these plastics can take centuries to decompose. But thanks to a new grant through DC's Department of Energy -- the ...

It's Spring Weekend and no one has gone to class. The green is littered with picnicking students. But the idyllic expanse of the Main Green is also littered with something else: litter. Black trash ...

Hilo restaurants could start serving food in stainless steel bowls and bento boxes next year. The project was funded in 2023 through a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ...

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USEFULL to-go food container return stations are located throughout Pitt's campus to collect stainless steel containers that are replacing single-use plastic containers. The higher education market is ...

NEWTON, MASS. (WHDH) - It’s last call for unsustainable containers at Newton restaurants. A new city ordinance is banning the use of take-out boxes that aren’t reusable, compostable, or recyclable.

KALAMAZOO, MI -- The city is partnering with downtown businesses and a company called Forever Ware to offer customers reusable steel containers as an alternative to single-use plastic or Styrofoam, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – April is Earth Month and Clean Water Action launched a new program on Thursday. Some area restaurants are taking part in Clean Water’s ReThink Disposable campaign. La ...