School Waste Reduction, Recycling, & Composting

Through a United States Department of Agriculture Rural Utility Services Solid Waste Management Grant, NERC provided technical assistance and training about waste reduction, recycling, and composting to rural schools in Connecticut, New York, and Delaware. Eight schools participated in the Waste Reduction and Recycling project over the course of two years.

Several resources were developed to support waste reduction, recycling, and composting in the schools.

Tip Sheets

• Waste Assessments & Waste Audits
• Waste Audit Sheets
• School Waste Assessment Form
• School Reuse Tips
• Paper Use Reduction in Schools
• School Cafeteria Waste Reduction
• Rural School Recycling Success
• School Composting Options
• Fundraising with Recycling
• Rural School Case Studies in Waste Reduction, Reuse, Recycling, & Composting
• Basic School Composting Recipe
• School Web Resources

Presentations

• Presentations that can be given in Schools and Classrooms
• Rural School Recycling Success
• Composting at School
• Small Town/Rural School Waste Reduction & Recycling Webinar  
• Sustainable Recycling for Schools
• Implementing a Successful Green School Program
• School Composting Options Webinar
• Hands to Earth: Educating for a Sustainable World
• Manchester Essex (Massachusetts) Regional School District Composting
• Mansfield Middle School (Connecticut) Composting

Case Studies

• Academy of the Holy Family, Connecticut
• Sayles School, Connecticut
• John M. Clayton Elementary School, Delaware
• Pencader Charter High School, Delaware
• Eldred School District, New York
• Liberty School District, New York

Article

• Composting in the Classroom, an article by Athena Bradley in Resource Recycling magazine Posted January 2012

For more information about waste reduction, recycling, and composting in schools, contact Athena Lee Bradley, Projects Manager.