mr conf. 2015 schools a.donovan final
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Recycling and Composting in K-12 Schools:
Basics and Beyond…
Composting and recycling have reduced TFHS’ trash by 40%!2009= 20 c.y. trash/week!2010= 16 c.y. trash/week; added recycling for plastic, metal, glass2011= 12 c.y. trash/week; added 2 c.y. compost2015= YOU are composting 80 cubic yards each year!
Amy Donovan, Program Director
Pictured: Sorting station at Turners Falls HS/MSCafeteria, Montague
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Franklin County Solid Waste Management District: 22 towns
• Bernardston ES• Buckland/Shelburne ES• Colrain ES• Conway ES• Deerfield ES• Erving ES• FC Tech School• Frontier MS/HS• Gill ES• Hawlemont (on-site)• Heath ES• Leverett ES
• Pearl Rhodes (Leyden) ES• Mahar MS/HS• Mohawk MS/HS• Montague ES (2) • Northfield ES• Orange ES (2) • Pioneer MS/HS• Rowe ES• Sunderland ES• Swift River ES• Turners Falls MS/HS• Warwick ES (3 bin on-site)• Whately ES
All schools recycle paper/cardboard, cans/bottles, 16 cafeteria/kitchen compost programs (60%)
27 schools: Green= cafeteria/kitchen compost programs
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Save money Educate students Comply with MA waste bans Save space in landfills Save energy, water, natural resources, create jobs Slow climate change!
Why should schoolscompost and recycle?
Pictured: classroom trash can, bottle and can recycling bin, paper recycling bin at Turners Falls High School
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Starting or improving a school waste diversion program
Save money on trash hauling: smaller trash dumpster or less frequent pickup. Recyclables hauled for less $.
Go out to bid for competitive pricing, or ask hauler. Check all areas of school for bins: kitchen, cafeteria,
gym, copy rooms, classrooms, offices, entrances, fields. Educate students and staff!
Assembly: why, what, how… cafeteria monitoring
Get free bins, plus activities, lesson plans from MassDEP’s Green Team: www.thegreenteam.org
MassDEP SMRP School Recycling Assistance Grants Free or low cost ACE Climate Assembly HS/MS: schedule
at launch of new program: www.acespace.org
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Free equipment from The Green Team
National Honor Society students collect recyclables from Green Team bins, Mohawk High School, Shelburne Falls, MA >>
<<Recycling toters in cafeteria,Mahar High School, Orange, MA
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Types of recycling and hauling/containers
• Dual Stream: Paper and cardboard kept separate from bottles, cans and containers
• Toters for bottles/cans• Toters for paper• Dumpster for
cardboard/paper
• Single stream: all recyclables together
• Dumpster for all recyclables
• Keep trash out: label/educate well
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Make sure your school kitchen is recycling!
Mass DEP Waste Bans require recycling!
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Recycling in cafeteria:
Bottles Cans, aluminum foil
Juice/milk boxes (empty liquids, throw away straws)
Empty yogurt containers
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Milk + Juice Carton Recycling
Springfield MRF’s 72 western MA towns:Do not need to rinse cartons if:
Collect cartons separately In clear plastic bag No straws, bottles, etc. Empty liquids
Ask your hauler or MRF…
• At home/dual stream: recycle w/containers, NOT w/paper• (Some compost facilities accept for composting)
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Empty liquids
• Cartons must be empty for recycling.
• Keep liquid weight and mess out of trash/recycling.
• 5 gallon pail on small table or floor.
• Teach kids to be neat.• Signage and
education important.
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Carton Councilwww.recyclecartons.com
Website resources:Signage, Best Practices Guide with pictures of school programs, School Carton Recycling Guide, more….
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Composting and recycling help slow Climate Change
Climate Change is caused by greenhouse gases in earth’s atmosphere.
Greenhouse Gases:
• Carbon Dioxide
• Methane (food waste in landfills)
• Nitrous Oxide
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The Climate Change Connection
• When organically based materials (“organics”) such as food waste (and paper of all types) decay in a landfill, methane is released.• Methane is a greenhouse gas 23 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.
Methane pipe at a landfill
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Martin’s Farm in Greenfield accepts compost from schools:Pioneer HS/MS, Turners Falls HS,Mohawk HS/MS,Frontier HS/MS,Bernardston ES,Deerfield ES,Erving ES, Gill ES,2 Montague ES,Northfield ES, Sunderland ES,
Muni. organics programs, Shelburne Falls Compost Collab.
Big Y stores, G. Stop & Shop,Co-Ops…
Windrow turner at Martin’s Farmturns/stirs windrows.
Why doesn’t composting release methane? Because oxygen is part of the composting process. There is no oxygen in a landfill.
Windrows at Martin’s Farm, Greenfield, MA
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3 “sizes” of composting:what size is right for your school?
Small: Indoor worm bin (vermicomposting) Red wiggler worms
Newspaper bedding Raw vegs, fruits only No meat, bones, dairy,
oils, bread
Medium: Backyard or on-site composting
Yard waste, leaves Veggies, fruit, bread No meat, bones, dairy,
oils
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Warwick, MA Elementary School60 students, K-6th
Composts on site: Cafeteria/kitchen food waste, plus classrooms Has 3 bay system: adds to one at a time Custodian maintains; students very involved Parents bring leaves for carbon source Garden: grows food for caf.
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Large: Commercial Composting at compost farm accepts: ALL food: meat, bones, cheese, fats, oils, bread, vegs, fruitPaper: napkins, paper lunch trays, paper plates, paper boats, cupsAlso: some compostable plastics (PLA), woodUp to 89% of a school lunch is compostable!
Windrows at Bear Path Farm, Whately, MAEnacted Oct. 1, 2014: MassDEP waste
ban on food waste - more than 1 ton/week from commercial/institutional. For help: www.recyclingworksma.com
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DO compost:
ALL FOOD: yes, all! Meat, bones, fish,
chicken, cheese Fruits, vegetables Bread, pasta, rice
Paper: Napkins, paper towels Fiber lunch tray Fiber paper plates Paper bags
Some composters accept: Milk/juice cartons
Paper plates, paper cups
Food “boat”
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Off-Site School Organics Program:Turners Falls HS/MS
32 gal. “Comp-lete” compostable bag by Fortune Plastics
28 gal Brute trash can on a rolling dolly
2 yard compost dumpster: serviced weekly by Triple T Trucking
Composted @ Martin’s Farm
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Off Site School Compost Program:Turners Falls MS/HS
In cafeteria, one sorting station contains: 2 compost barrels w/green compostable bags: food + paper 2 pails: milk + liquids 1 recycle bin: bottles, cans, containers, juice boxes 2 trash barrels (Formerly 9 trash barrels all over cafeteria!!)
Middle School Green Team monitors MS lunch.
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Celebrating 3 years of Mohawk HS/MScompost program!March 2012 – 2015
Congratulations!
YOU have composted:• 240 cubic yards,• or over 60 tons,• or 8 huge dumpstersof food and paper!
• Saved 55 metric tons of greenhouse gases*• Saved 3,200+ bags of trash!• Saved space in landfills• Created soil from waste
*metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2E)
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Advanced: “Hydration Stations”
Water stations make it easy to refill student water bottles.
Halsey Taylor Water Cooler W/HydroBoost Water Refilling Station
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Advanced:Classroom composting
In pail:
Paper TowelsNapkinsMilk CartonsFood Plastic!
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Pioneer Regional School: 17 waste stations around school
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Litter hurts wildlife: Don’t be a litterbug!Balloons Blow…Don’t Let Them Go!
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Pictured: Earth Machine compost bin at Turners Falls High School’s greenhouse. Within the 4 school sites of Gill-Montague Regional School District, there are: 4 worm bins, 4 on-site compost bins, Gardens at 3 out of 4 sites, 8 total cubic yards compostables sent to a compost farm each week. All sites recycle paper and containers, computers, fluorescent lamps, e-waste
Questions? Link to worm bin how-to:Amy DonovanProgram Director, Franklin County Solid Waste [email protected] www.franklincountywastedistrict.org