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il <br />1 <br />• We started a "Giving Table" where we keep all the uneaten and unopened food <br />2 <br />— The guidance office redistributes this food to families on meal -plans <br />3 <br />— Students and staff are most welcome to take food from this table <br />4 <br />• We are setting up worm bins in each science class to show how vermiculture <br />5 <br />works <br />6 <br />— This will enable all the students to understand the science behind <br />7 <br />composting <br />8 <br />— We can use our own compost for new gardens <br />9 <br />— Thanks to Muriel Willaman from Orange County Solid Waste <br />10 <br />Department for demonstrating worm composting to us <br />11 <br />We send updates about our results and plans via our school newsletter "Falcon <br />12 <br />Flash" <br />13 <br />14 Results <br />15 <br />At Phillips Middle School (Excellent Results!!) <br />16 <br />— We diverted over 80% of the trash going to the landfill by recycling <br />17 <br />and composting <br />18 <br />— We will divert 20482.2 Ibs of trash over 180 days of school at Phillips <br />19 <br />— We will avoid 573.8 Ibs of co2 going in our atmosphere <br />20 <br />— We will save $550 in a school year on gas (by not shipping this to <br />21 <br />landfill) <br />22 <br />— If all 4 Middle schools will replicate this initiative we will divert more <br />23 <br />than 41 tons of trash over the entire school year! <br />24 <br />(Pie Chart) <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />50 <br />Our Steps <br />Our first step was to visit Brooks Composting Facility <br />— To learn more about commercial composting & understand how they <br />compost in large quantities <br />— They showed us the benefits of compost and how it is widely used <br />— Thanks to Amy Brooks for the awesome tour <br />We could not do backyard composting on school premises and so we decided to <br />get a quote for school composting from Brooks Contractors <br />— They provided us with 16 composting carts (we have more than 700 <br />students) <br />— They promised that they will come twice a week for pickup <br />— They agreed to wash the carts every time they come for a pickup <br />(avoid bad smell) <br />We then approached school officials for permission <br />— Thanks to Mr. LoFrese (assistant superintendent) for approving our <br />composting bin <br />— Thanks to Principal J. Enns for allowing us to start this initiative at <br />our school <br />We brought custodian staff and cafeteria staff on board <br />— Installed a bucket for liquids, one bin for recycling, one for trash and <br />one for composting in the school cafeteria (in that order) <br />— They are a big help and without them we cannot achieve this big task <br />In The Community <br />• Community Outreach: <br />
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