In order to reduce non-recyclable trash at lunch, our students have been observing "Zero-Trash Lunch." BPC has challenged students to pack a lunch that generates no landfill trash. By using containers for solids, drinks in re-usable bottles, and brown bags or 'green' lunch packs to carry their lunch, students have been reducing local landfill.
 
“Zero-Trash” lunch days were started by our environmental education teacher, Liza Malm. “Students are encouraged to think about buying and eating choices and the cycle of waste transmission from purchase to plate to landfill.”
 
 
Liza reaches into her bag and pulls out ...
an orange in a plastic bag. Does and orange need to be in a bag Flavio?
It can go into your lunch like this. See Flavio? No need for a plastic bag.
Here’s an example!
Here’s another.
Look Flavio, you can bring your drink in a reusable or recyclable bottle.
You can also use a plastic container or a thermos for your drink. What else do you see that’s “green” in this scene?
Here’s an example of reusing - a yogurt cup is being used for holding grapes.
Look Flavio, a boxed drink with a plastic straw - more trash!
Juice can go in a container - look at the table - count the containers!
Your sandwich can go into a box. It’s hard to squish a box.
Look at all the wonderful containers!
Can you count the ‘green’ items (don’t forget the lunch packs)?
More green luncheons!
How are we doing here? Great, but what about the aluminum foil and plastic bags? Reuse them.
We are ALL ‘green’ here!
Should we use a plastic bag for our lunch Flavio?
Use a brown paper bag instead.
Are you ready for a zero trash lunch Flavio?
Reduce - Reuse - Recycle - Rot THINK GREEN!
Zero-Trash Lunch
Re-usable juice bottle
Re-usable backpack
Below: Liza and her assistant Flavio demonstrate how to pack an ‘earth friendly’ lunch.
 
Re-usable containers
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