USDA is charged by law with implementing the Federal BioPreferred program designed to encourage the purchase and use of biobased products by Federal agencies and to also set an example for the rest of the Federal government. One of the ways USDA is leading by example is in removing single use petroleum-based food service products (plates, bowls, trays, cups, cutlery, etc) from our Washington, DC area cafeterias and replacing these items with food service products made from renewable agricultural materials which can be composted and returned friendly to the earth.