Food Waste, Wasted Food

Last month, the Green Team conducted a waste audit and found out that in a typical day in the cafeteria, the school created: 

    - 48 lbs of trash

    - 5 lbs of plastic waste

    - 112.5 lbs of food waste

While part of our lunch message to the students is that "the most important thing to do with food is eat it", we do have an option through the school district to collect food waste so that it doesn't go straight to the landfill. If we chose to start this program, we need some community members to help during the lunch hour for the first few weeks to help the students learn what can go into the food waste bin and what needs to go in the garbage. If you are interested in volunteering to help with this project, please contact me. Thank you!