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Susan CaseyZero Waste Schools Program Manager
Seven Generations Ahead
Fox River Valley
Zero Waste Schools
Jennifer Kainz & Renee BlueMindful Waste
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The Onion Pub:A “We Compost” Restaurant
Other recognition categories include: schools and universities ~ businesses ~
grocery stores ~ municipalities
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4:30-4:45 Networking
4:45-5:15 Seven Generations Ahead - Overview of zero waste school strategies
5:15-5:30 Meet your local county resources for waste reduction & education
5:30-6:10 Mindful Waste - Overview and videoPrairieland RecyclingPanel discussion with Barrington School District 220
zero waste champions
6:10-6:15 Q & A
6:15-6:30 Zero waste-themed raffle & networking
Agenda
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● Nonprofit serving Chicago metro area and Midwest since 2001
● Mission: Promote ecologically sustainable and healthy communities
● Programs include:
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We work with school staff and students to shift operations and minds towards generating zero waste through
source reduction, recycling, composting, and food recovery.
Seven Generations Ahead:● Helps schools plan effective waste reduction strategies● Provides on-the-ground support for operational changes● Educates students and staff about the How and Why of going
zero waste● Connects schools with local partners and opportunities● Drives policy changes and infrastructure development that
promote zero waste.
SGA’s Zero Waste Schools Program
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We help lunchrooms that look like
this...
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… become zero waste lunchrooms that look like this:
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Get on a path to zero waste
with the 3 Rs
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Plenty of opportunities to reduce waste throughout the school:
Default double-sided printing
Recycling in the classrooms/halls/offices
End-of-yearGreen Locker Clean-Outs
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Outline
● Snapshot of lunchroom waste
● Strategies for reducing waste
○ Source reduction
○ Food recovery
○ Recycling
○ Composting
● Steps for planning and implementing a zero waste lunchroom
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Lunch at a middle school with 983 students:
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Lunch at a middle school with 983 students:
(0.5 lb per student)
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USDA & EPAU.S. Food Waste
Challenge:Reduce food waste
by 50% by 2030
40% of all food in the U.S. is
wasted.1 out of 7
Americans are food insecure.
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Source reduction strategies:
Food presentation and service● Cut up fruit and veggies to encourage eating ● Use “Offer versus serve”
Meal scheduling● Lengthen the meal periods to give students more time to eat● Schedule recess before lunch
Sourcing food● Onsite gardens for students to grow produce for school meals ● Farm to School programs
Procurement choices● Food packaging and serviceware options
Smarter Lunchrooms Movement
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Offer versus Serve (OVS)
Students in schools without an OVS policy receive a tray full of each food component offered that day.
The OVS policy allows students to decline up to two items, as long as they take a fruit or a vegetable.
Source: Keeping Food Out Landfills: Policy Ideas for States and Localities
National School Lunch Program meals consist of five components: ● fruit● vegetable● whole grain● meat/alternative● milk
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Educating Students / Staff about OVS & Milk
“For all grade groups, one cup of fluid milk must be offered daily as a beverage.
Students may decline milk under OVS.”
Source: OFFER VERSUS SERVE: GUIDANCE FOR THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM AND THE SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM
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Compostable trays & recyclable or compostable
food containers
Polystyrene trays & spork packets
Procurement choices impact waste levels
Reusable trays & silverware
BAD
BETTERBEST
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Best practice: Plate-stacking to reduce volume
A good practice for polystyrene trays, too!
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Share Tables & Food Donation
● Share tables: designated stations where children may return whole fruit & unopened factory-sealed food or beverage items they choose not to eat.
● These items are then available to other children during or after the meal service.
● Leftover food from a share table can be used in future reimbursable meals.
● Leftover food from a share table can also donated to a community food pantry, or even an in-school food pantry.
Share tables teach students the value of food rather than teaching them trash it.
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Illinois State Board of Education’s School Nutrition Programs Administrative Handbook School Year 2018-2019
“...All alternatives permitted by program regulations and State and local health and sanitation codes should be exhausted before discarding food.”
“Options may include using leftovers in subsequent meal services and offering ‘sharing tables.’”
“When food items are left on the share table at the end of the meal service, that food can be used in later meals that are claimed for reimbursement.”
“...excess food may be donated to a nonprofit organization, such as a community food bank or homeless shelter”
Policies that support share tables & food recovery
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Chicago Public Schools’ FoodShare Program
Eligible items are currently limited to whole fruit and
factory-sealed non-perishables.
9,000+ pounds of produce were donated to food
pantries from all program schools in 2014-15
At one school, 5,827 food items were
donated to a local pantry in one year.
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The Surplus Project:
A partnership of Oak Park River Forest
Food Pantry&
Oak Park River Forest High School
● Cafeteria staff package back-of-the-house surplus prepared foods into individual meal packages
● Volunteers transport the packaged food recipient sites
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Recycling in the Lunchroom & Kitchen ● Recycling, in regions where it’s available, typically costs less to dispose of
than trash, resulting in cost savings for schools/districts.
● Need to find out what the hauler accepts and design your recycling system based on that.
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Composting is a way of recycling food scraps and yard trimmings
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On-site Composting Fruit and vegetable scraps collected
and mixed with yard trimmings in an outdoor compost bin.
Vermicomposting (Worm Bins)Fruit and vegetable scraps and newspaper are fed to worms in an indoor bin.(not suitable for large amounts of food scraps)
Commercial CompostingAll food scraps and food-soiled paper
are collected and hauled to a commercial compost facility.
Three Ways to Compost in Schools
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Onsite Composting
Collect fruit and vegetable scraps in lunchroom sorting station
Students record theweight of food scraps and
the temperature of the compost pile
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Gardening with on-site compost
Students sift the finished compost for spreading on the school flower beds.
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1. Sort lunchroom food scraps
2. Hauled to a compost facility
3. Food scraps decompose
4. Finished compost sold
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Reduces impact of landfills• Extends landfill capacity• Reduces climate-changing methane emissions from landfills
Builds healthier soils• Supports soil food web of microorganisms• Improves soil structure and water retention, which reduces
erosion and irrigation needs• Reduces need for synthetic pesticides and fertilizers
Benefits of composting
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Methane is a greenhouse gas that traps 72x more heat than CO2.
20% of all U.S. methane emissions come from landfills.
Keeping food and yard waste out of landfills is one of the
easiest & least expensive options for addressing climate
change.
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Recycling in the Lunchroom
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Recycling and Plate-stacking
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Share Table - Recycling - Plate Stacking
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Share Table - Recycling - Commercial Composting - Plate Stacking
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Chicago Public Schools Commercial Composting & Recycling Program
Results at Sandoval Elementary, a school of 1,015 students:
The Sandoval lunchroom went from 25 full trash bags per day to less than 2 bags per day.
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Cost Considerations
Commercial composting: an added cost that requires separate truck & hauling route
This added cost can be offset by significantly reduced trash volumes due to:● Composting keeps majority of waste stream (food waste) out of trash● Increased recycling (recycling generally costs much less to haul than trash)● Liquid diversion (liquids get poured down drains & kept out of trash)● Food recovery (share tables & donation of leftover food)
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Planning & Implementing Waste Reduction Strategies
Basic steps
● Build a Zero Waste Team
● Conduct waste audit (baseline)
● Plan waste reduction strategies using audit results
● Coordinate operational changes
● Educate about the How and Why○ All students and teachers○ Kitchen staff/ custodians / engineers
● Implement strategies
● Conduct waste audit to measure impact
● Celebrate and communicate impact
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Build a Zero Waste Team
Custodian & Cafeteria
Staff
SGA PTO/ GreenTeam
Student Ambassadors
Administration&
Staff
Zero WasteTeam
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Waste audits: Provide valuable data and a great way to engage students
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Plan waste reduction strategies
● Use your waste audit results as a guide for what strategies may be most impactful
● Consider costs and ease of various options ○ Go for the lowest hanging fruit first○ Okay to implement strategies in stages
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Plan for the operational changes needed
● The flow of students to determine location and number of sorting stations
● Equipment (bins, signs) and supplies (bags) needed
● Hauling equipment and service levels
● For food recovery:○ Check with local health department, if needed○ Coordinate with local food pantry if planning food donation
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Educating Students on the How & Why
School assembly to teach the How and Why of going for zero waste
High school students teach students in neighboring elementary school about
composting and recycling.
Student Zero Waste Ambassadors guide and monitor sorting
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Zero waste program uniquely integrated at each school
Solorio HS:● Part of chemistry unit● Service learning hours
•
•
Victor, Solorio Zero Waste
Ambassador:
At my elementary school, we didn’t do this. The fact that we’re sharing
this experience is amazing. We didn’t do anything at home before this
either-- no recycling, nothing. You’d be surprised; a lot of kids do care.
Some might do it at first as a service learning project, but once they see the impact they want to be on the
Zero Waste Team.
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Zero waste program uniquely integrated at each school
McAuliffe Elementary:Integrates composting program into school-wide focus on sustainable agriculture
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Communicate & Celebrate Impact ● Use waste audit results to demonstrate impact● Take photos of all the steps along the way● Include benefits
○ Environmental benefits (EPA’s WARM model is good for calculating avoided greenhouse gas emissions)
○ Cost benefits (hauling costs, food costs), ○ Social benefits (amount of food donated; number of students engaged)
● Share your school’s success: newsletters, social media, and announcements
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Thank You
Susan CaseyZero Waste Schools Program Manager
Funding for Zero Waste Schools is generously provided by :