By Theresa-Marie Wilson

At the end of most lunch periods at local elementary schools, cafeteria trashcans  were often filled to capacity with serving trays that were used for about 20 minutes and later carted off to a landfill on garbage day.

Things have changed for the greener in the Lucia Mar Unified School District. Elementary school cafeteria lunches are no longer served on expanded polystyrene food containers, commonly known by the Dow Chemical trademark name Styrofoam or simply foam. …Read the entire story in the upcoming issue of Coast News on May 28th!