Sunset Beach Elementary Students Perform Lunchtime Trash Check

Posted On: Nov 01, 10

       
Sunset Beach Elementary fifth and sixth graders are investigating lunch waste at their school and recently performed the first of a two-part “trash check.”  Sixth graders helped their schoolmates to sort trash by type: compostable food, non-compostable food, recyclable containers, lunch trays, etc. Fifth graders measured the weight and volume of each waste type and all students will have a hand in analyzing their data. Next steps are creating a plan for reducing lunch waste and sharing it with the entire school. We look forward to reporting their results in a spring newsletter.

Waste audits are an important component of Kokua’s ‘AINA In Schools and 3R’s programs. In the next few months we’ll be developing a waste audit “how-to” kit for Hawai’i schools. If you’ve done a waste audit at your school, please .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) your successes and lessons learned with us.