RI SCHOOL RECYCLING PROJECT
Let’s Get Food Smart, RI.
Waste Less
Recover, Share & Donate
Compost
A lot of food gets wasted in Rhode Island’s schools.
We hate to start off with numbers like this, but here goes.
We estimate that…
Pounds of food get wasted on a regular school day.
Pounds of it will be perfectly good, unopened food that could be donated to hungry families, every day!
Want to know what we throw away in a single school year?
Pounds of food, and…
Pounds of it could go to hungry kids and their families!
And that’s a problem,
not only because of the wasted water and energy used to produce and transport food,
but also because…
One in three RI households is food insecure, which means they are often unsure where their next meal will come from due to lack of resources.
Most of the food waste from RI schools gets dumped into the state’s only landfill in Johnston. That’s bad for the environment and it produces methane gas which contributes to global warming. (Methane is a greenhouse gas, many times more powerful than carbon dioxide)
Here’s some good news.
We have the power to change it –
and you’ve come to the right place to learn how
SCHOOL FOOD WASTE ESTIMATOR
How much food does your school waste?
We have developed metrics to estimate the amount of food waste your school produces.
Estimate Your School's Waste
Take the Challenge!
The RI Schools Recycling Project is challenging your school to Get Food Smart!
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The benefits to the students and school are tremendous. Many teachers have generated authentic Science and Math projects around this work. it has been fantastic for our students and school as a whole.
-Brent Kerman, Principal of William D’Abate Elementary School
I’m thrilled to be here tonight to share our school’s incredible partnership with the Rhode Island School Recycling Program (RISRP).
Our students and faculty received hands-on training, we were gifted a refrigerator, and we learned how to weigh and calculate our waste reduction efforts.
But what truly makes this program special is that it is entirely student-run.
-Samantha Stringfellow, Principal of Agnes E. Little Elementary School
See how we’re impacting schools across RI!
We’re focusing on food waste in RI schools – and how to reduce, recover and recycle it.