Sustainable School Meals in Hampshire

HC3S is working with local suppliers to make school meals are sustainable as possible and here are a list of some of our achievements:

Employment of 1,400 people in Hampshire
Reduced deliveries means reduced mileage and a lower carbon footprint. Multi temp deliveries are made weekly or fortnightly.
Use local suppliers, for example, free range eggs from the New Forest area, apple juice from Alresford, sausage from a Portsmouth butchers - see our 'Local Suppliers' page for more details.
Pre-ordering systems operate in 86% of schools, reducing waste as children select their preferred meal each day
Working with schools to help them achieve Sustainable School status
Compostable plates were used for the Christmas disposables in 2009 and each year since, and the disposable wooden knives and forks used come from sustainable sources
Any equipment replaced is done so with more energy efficient items, ie. fridges, freezers and ovens.
Only use fish products that are approved as coming from well managed, sustainable fisheries.
Recyle waste cooking oil.
More kitchens have been installed in school to improve food and reduce transportation of meals.

Schools can find out more about becoming a sustainable school from the Sustainable Schools Hantsweb pages.

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