Students may bring these containers to school, but they must take them home with them. Good candidates for banning are juice boxes and styrofoam. Start by teaching the students about the various containers. Have them do research to find out how paper, plastic, glass, juice boxes and styrofoam are made, what raw materials are used, and how long the finished container takes to break down after it is thrown away. Students will then understand the reason for banning some of these containers.
Some schools provide fresh juice for students served in reusable plastic cups.
This is nutritionally much better than box and bag juices which consist mostly of water and sugar. When you have decided what to ban, you will need signs informing parents and students of the ban. Various garbage items can be used in craft projects. This gets students used to the idea that packaging that is used once and thrown away is a bad idea. Juice Boxes Can be used to plant seedlings.