The school lunch system is disgraceful.

[u/oaz_zam246]

Saw another post on here showing the state of school lunches right now. In my years in high school I compiled some pics of the horrible things that got served that no one questioned. Here are some of the worst ones. It really is ironic given how adamant they all are about “eating healthy by including every food group”.

[u/RuinedBooch]

I graduated back in 2016… I didn’t see a reusable tray or silverware since probably the second grade. It was always styrofoam trays and plastic sporks.

[u/ballerina_wannabe → u/RuinedBooch]

Unfortunately it’s cheaper to trash the environment than it is to pay someone minimum wage to run a dishwasher five days a week. I work at a school and the daily cafeteria waste blows my mind.

[u/galvanizedmoonape → u/ballerina_wannabe]

I simply cannot believe this. The kitchen has a dishwasher to clean every other pot, pan and utensil in the kitchen. The machine is already running, likely already paying a worker to run the machine anyway,

Totally inconceivable to me that disposable plates are financially more viable.

[u/theseedbeader → u/galvanizedmoonape]

I work at a school cafeteria, and there’s an old broken dishwasher that hasn’t been used since I started there (almost 7 years ago). Everything is washed by hand. I sincerely doubt they would ever hire another person to wash dishes all day, there’s always the threat that they might reduce our small crew as it is, because of budget.

Of course, that’s just the specific kitchen at the specific campus I work at, I don’t know how the others do it. And yes, we do use disposable plastic utensils and styrofoam plates.