On Friday, Mrs. Martindale challenged us to become "garbologists" and uncover how much food has been going to waste during the third grade lunch period.
Aprons and gloves were necessary!
You mean we have to go through THAT!?
We sorted the trash into plastic, paper, styrofoam, food, and liquid waste categories...
Finally finished sorting!
Each group recorded data about their garbage... How many plastic items could have been recycled? How many paper items?
We weighed the food waste bucket...
... And discovered that the third graders had wasted over 9 pounds of food!
Our next task is to figure out how to decrease this amount of waste. We'll be exploring several possibilities - including vermicomposting and a school-wide recycling plan - in the next few weeks!
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