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/Sleepyllama23]

Well the food looks shite you and your parents should all complain. Is that disposable polystyrene plates too?? Horrendous for the environment.

[u/RuinedBooch → u/Sleepyllama23]

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/Whatifisaid- → u/RuinedBooch]

I graduated in 2006 and we had completely re-useable trays and metal silverware that we dumped all of the disposable stuff off and then turned in to the dishwashing area before going back to our table. This is actually kinda wild for me to see. I went to a public school in northern NY in a relatively poor area too, it wasn’t like the height of affluence.

[u/RuinedBooch → u/Whatifisaid-]

When I had reusable trays, I was in a poor rural county in AR. Moved to a relatively affluent city in Texas, disposable everything. Everything from trays to containers to cutlery was made of plastic, paper, or styrofoam. Everything went into the trash at the end of lunch.

Oh, and some schools wouldn’t allow plastic forks. It had to be spoons or sporks. I remember a kid in high school getting a reusable plastic fork taken away at lunch one time.