2021-2022 Successes

Recycling Program Revitalized

• Bins in all classrooms

• Mixed and paper collection 2x week

• 2,000 lbs of recycling diverted in May

13 Waste Audits Conducted

• 864.5 lbs of cafeteria waste sorted

• 23 student and 13 adult volunteers

• 76% could be composted!

Waste Loop in the Classroom

• Plastic pollution and solutions - 7th grade science

• Arthropods and healthy soils - Home Link

• Science of composting and vermiculture - CHS

• Natural dyes with food scraps - Home Link

• Recycling 101 - CHS

2022 - 2023 Goals:

• Increase recycling district-wide

• Implement cafeteria composting starting with Peshastin Dryden Elementary School

• Reduce single-use plastics in the cafeteria

• Inspire and support students and teachers

• Develop composting curricular resources for elementary classrooms

Cafeteria sorting station in action during the first week of school at Peshastin Dryden Elementary.