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   Peggy Hartzell 13 Aug 2011 Reply

   Like your trash talkin’ column.
   I’m one of the few nuts who carries cardboard sleeves to reuse when I forget to take my cup.Like to keep a couple from far away places to reuse.
   As far as the annoyingly long receipts or any receipt at all have you seen the info on BPA in the ink? http://chej.org/2010/11/toxic-receipts/
   I’m also not too happy about all the color “heat cured” vinyl inks on all the promotional post cards, mailers and color copies. Don’t know much about them except that they smell. Think it’s Xerox color copy machines.

   I’d like to set up some composting at our high school in the cooking class. have you ever gotten any shere with Aramark food service? They do all our schools in West Chester. So much food goes to the dump. I think the kids should separate all their trash.. So much to do…

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   tylerw 14 Aug 2011 Reply

   I’ve always wondered what the coating is on receipts…if it really is BPA, that’s extremely negligent…thank the American Chemistry Council for their continual lobbying of unnecessary plastic usage.

   Since Aramark is a gigantic corporation that spans the entire U.S., I doubt that their practices are consistent everywhere. I know they have their “Green Thread” program, but it exists in varying degrees depending on where you go.

   Implementing composting in a high school cooking class would be an excellent start to something that could be practiced throughout the school system…raise your concerns to the board at school. If you tell Aramark, they’re not going to respond unless it’s coming from a united group of people at the school. Give it a shot, I bet you can make it work. 🙂

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