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Explained: Buckets, chickens and worms: Schools reduce cafeteria food waste through compost, shared tables
Compiled Nov 6
At Lovin Elementary School in Lawrenceville, Georgia, students collect leftover lunch scraps for composting, put unopened milk on a share table, and dump salad scraps into a chicken coop.
- Share table
- A designated table where students put unopened or uneaten food items for others to take.
- Vermicomposting
- Composting method that uses worms to break down food scraps.
- Food Waste Warriors program
- A World Wildlife Fund initiative that helps schools audit and reduce cafeteria food waste.
- National School Lunch Program
- A USDA program that provides the majority of meals served in public school cafeterias.
- Food waste audit
- A process where students sort and weigh cafeteria waste to measure how much food is discarded.