Do you cringe every time someone throws a recyclable can in the cafeteria garbage? Do you wake up in a cold sweat at night thinking about how much caf food ends up in a landfill when it could have been composted? Well you’re not alone. Landfills in Canada are filling up so fast that we’re running out of places to put our trash.  We need to do something before we’re all up to our eyeballs in garbage.

You need to know what kind of waste you’re creating before you can come up with a plan to cut back.  So grab your friends, find a teacher willing to help you out, throw on some gloves and start sorting!

Did you know that lunchtime trash is the second biggest source of school waste, after paper? Schools are goldmines for waste, so what better place to start reducing!

Check out the Ontario EcoSchools website for some help with conducting a waste audit at your school!

P.S. Don’t forget to celebrate Waste Reduction Week from Oct 19-25!