"Have a ""zero waste"" or ""waste-free"" lunch day"

Submitter: Laura Barnes

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Description

Title

"Have a ""zero waste"" or ""waste-free"" lunch day"

Issue Date

2016

Keyword(s)

• Food service -- Schools -- Environmental aspects
• Green Lunchroom Challenge
• School lunchrooms -- Environmental aspects
• Zero waste lunchrooms
• Source reduction (Waste management)

Abstract

A waste-free lunch reduces the waste generated each day in your school's lunchroom. Organizing a waste-free lunch will help keep your school clean, inside and out, and reduce your solid waste costs, but more importantly expose students and parents/caregivers to the concept of waste free lunches. Ideally in a waste-free lunch, the top priority is to use reusable materials or materials that are consumed completely, so you are not producing any waste at all. However, when waste is inevitable, products that can be recycled or composted should be given greater attention, so they do not end up in a landfill. Even if your school does not have a compost bin or if some of your recyclable materials are not accepted for recycling in your community, promoting these types of materials is still a good first step, as it raises awareness of what can be composted and recycled.

Publisher

Champaign, IL : Illinois Sustainable Technology Center

Series/Report Name or Number

Green Lunchroom Challenge Zero Waste Lunchrooms Activity

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

Funded by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5

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