University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Composting and Waste-Free Lunches at Western Trails Elementary School, Carol Stream, IL

Swedberg, Jacey

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/96187

Description

Title
Composting and Waste-Free Lunches at Western Trails Elementary School, Carol Stream, IL
Author(s)
Swedberg, Jacey
Issue Date
2017-05
Keyword(s)
  • Composting -- Elementary schools -- Illinois -- Case studies
  • Schools -- Environmental aspects -- Illinois -- Case studies
  • Zero waste -- Schools -- Illinois -- Case studies
Geographic Coverage
Carol Stream, IL
Abstract
Western Trails is a public elementary school in Carol Stream, IL, Community Consolidated School District 93, serving 386 students during the 2016-2017 school year. With assistance from the environmental education non-profit SCARCE, Western Trails completed a waste audit in February 2015. The results showed that food scraps comprised 82% of the school’s waste stream. With this statistic in hand, the school decided to begin composting to reduce the amount of food scraps being sent to landfill.
Publisher
Champaign, IL : Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/96187

Owning Collections

Green Lunchroom Challenge PRIMARY
Activities, publications, and other information from the Green Lunchroom Challenge project.
TN Series and other Factsheets - Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
ISTC TN Series