One of Earl Beatty’s goals this year is to become a Platinum certified EcoSchool. Becoming a Platinum certified school entails focusing student and staff efforts on minimizing Earl Beatty’s waste and energy consumption. With the goal of minimizing waste in mind, The ECO/Green Team came up with the idea of encouraging staff and students to bring litter free lunches and snacks to school. A litter free lunch is one in which nothing needs to be thrown away. Here are some tips for packing a litter free lunch:
What’s Hot!
Retro lunch kits/thermal lunch bags
Reusable plastic containers
Reusable drink bottles
Personal beverage mugs
Snacks in minimal wrapping
Recycling
What’s Not
Brown paper bags
Plastic sandwich bags
Disposable single servings
Polystyrene cups
Overpackaged, overpriced snacks
Making garbage
Did you know?
It takes a very long time for disposable products to decompose in our landfill sites. For example:
Disposable Materials: Years it takes to decompose
A paper napkin: 1 year
A milk carton or juice box: 5 years
A newspaper: 5 – 7 years
A grocery bag: 10 – 20 years
A tin can: 50 years
An aluminum can: 500 years
A water bottle: 700 years
A Styrofoam plate: 1 million years or longer
A glass bottle: 1 million years or longer
Please help Earl Beatty do all we can to help our environment and its natural resources. Make a commitment to reduce waste, reuse and recycle. Start today by packing a litter free lunch!
