2021-2024 Successes:

Recycling Program Revitalized in 2022

• Bins in all classrooms

• Mixed and paper collection 2x week

• 2,000 lbs of recycling diverted in May

13 Waste Audits Conducted 2021-2022

• 864.5 lbs of cafeteria waste sorted

• 23 student and 13 adult volunteers

• 76% could be composted!

District-wide Composting Program Began during the 2022-2023 School Year

• Food waste composted locally by Winton MFG

• Waste Loop developed composting curricular resources for elementary classrooms

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

• Closing the Loop on Lunch - K-5th grade

• Casade Repairs Pilot - Discovery School

2024 - 2025 Goals:

• Continue to support on-going composting and recycling programs.

• Support development of a robust food sharing/rescue program at all schools.

• Reduce single-use plastics in the cafeteria

• Inspire and support students and teachers

• Develop additional curricular resources for  classrooms

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