Recent Events

Ditching Disposables 2.0: A Toolkit for Healthier Foodware in K-12 Schools 9/25/24

Every school year, K-12 school cafeterias across the United States serve over 5 billion lunch meals, often on single-use food serviceware. This generates an immense amount of waste and is not only bad for the environment, but can also harm young children’s health by exposing them to toxic chemicals like PFAS and styrene. This webinar is designed for a broad range of stakeholders interested in transitioning to healthier food service ware in their schools, including school food nutrition staff, district administrators, procurement, sustainability, facilities, and operations staff, teachers, green team members, parents, and students. Watch the recording.

School Food Directors Discuss Plastic Reduction Measures 4/16/24

Did you know that nationwide school cafeterias use billions of single-use plastics each year? School Food Directors are perfectly placed to end this expensive, wasteful practice and open major institutional pathways to healthier and more sustainable alternatives. Please join Dr. Katie Wilson, Executive Director, Urban School Food Alliance (USFA) & Johannes van der Pool, Child Nutrition Services Director, Fremont Unified School District (California), to learn how school food directors can tackle cafeteria plastics in packaging, foodware or both. Watch the recording. 

Healthier Furniture, Healthier Workplaces: Newly Developed Resources for Office Furniture Purchasers 11/6/23

Are you aware that there are a multitude of harmful chemicals that can be found in office furniture? From formaldehyde and other volatile organic chemicals that can lead to impaired breathing, to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) which can cause immune and reproductive disorders; the health of your workforce can be seriously affected by your office furniture purchases. This webinar will help you easily incorporate human health and environmental factors into your furniture purchasing. Learn more and watch the recording. 

Reusable Revolution: GreenScreen Certified Shifts Markets Toward Materials with Preferable Chemistry 11/1/23

Are you concerned that there might be harmful chemicals such as PFAS, BPA or styrene in your food packaging, containers or cookware and have been wondering how to identify products with environmentally preferable chemistry? Or are you a manufacturer or supplier in the food service industry that wants to showcase your commitment to a healthier and environmentally-friendly future? This informative and engaging webinar explains GreenScreen Certified™️ for Reusable Food Packaging, Food Service Ware and Cookware. Watch the recording. 

Meals that Heal: Bridging the Gap of Food Inequities at School 3/14/23

Across the United States, schools are going back to basics in the lunchroom–serving healthier food on better foodware. Meet some of the changemakers fighting against systemic problems like food insecurity, toxic chemicals in foodware, and food waste during this lively town hall. “Lettuce” learn together! Watching the recording.

The Great Indoors: Keeping Your Home Free of Toxics on 11/16/22

Did you know invisible pollutants in our indoor air can be harmful to our health? In this virtual town hall, we will learn from experts the Dos and Don’ts of creating a healthy home and how we can stem the tide of unnecessary industry-created chemicals that find their way into our homes. For 26 years, CEH’s Built Environment program has worked to clean up the furniture and flooring product categories by partnering with large institutions to leverage their purchasing power and transform markets away from toxic materials and towards health-protective practices. Watch the recording.

PFAS in Plates Virtual Town Hall on 11/10/21

This virtual town hall featured a special guest who is a student fighting for safe foodware in her school along with a panel discussion where we delve into the process of how manufacturers are eliminating PFAS from disposable foodware with the brand new GreenScreen Certification. This town hall’s featured speakers were Randall Miller, Managing Director of Programs at CEH; David Fridland, Sustainability Maven at ECO-Products, PBC; Mark Rossi, Executive Director at Clean Production Action (CPA); and Sue Chiang, Food Program Director at CEH. Watch the recording.

Family Virtual Town Hall on 5/21/21

Our town hall featured CEH Executive Director, Michael Green, in conversation with two international health experts about the devastating consequences of toxic chemicals on human reproduction and other species we share the planet with. This town hall featured Dr. Shanna Swan, Professor of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Dr. Tyrone Hayes, Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley. Watch the recording.