Composting and Waste-Free Lunches at Western Trails Elementary School, Carol Stream, IL

Jacey Swedberg

Composting and Waste-Free Lunches at Western Trails Elementary School, Carol Stream, IL

Jacey Swedberg

Illinois Sustainable Technology Center

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Abstract

Western Trails is a public elementary school in Carol Stream, IL, Community Consolidated School District 93, serving 386 students during the 2016-2017 school year. With assistance from the environmental education non-profit SCARCE, Western Trails completed a waste audit in February 2015. The results showed that food scraps comprised 82% of the school's waste stream. With this statistic in hand, the school decided to begin composting to reduce the amount of food scraps being sent to landfill.

Original language	English (US)
Place of Publication	Champaign, IL
Publisher	Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
State	Published - May 2017

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Composting -- Elementary schools -- Illinois -- Case studies
Schools -- Environmental aspects -- Illinois -- Case studies
Zero waste -- Schools -- Illinois -- Case studies

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