Composting in the Cafeteria

Beginning this fall, Countryside students will be sorting their lunchroom waste into trash, recycling and composting bins.
With parent and student monitoring your students will learn what goes where and help reduce our landfill contribution by 90% as has happened in other schools who have piloted this program.
Students will be provided with bio-degradable utensils and cups. Bottled water will no longer be for sale, but coolers with fresh water will be available for free.
Sodexho has other eco-friendly changes planned and will be implementing them throughout the school year.

How your Family will Participate

Our 5th grade recycling team will lead the way in training and lunchroom monitoring. For a period of time we will ask for parent volunteers to come during the lunch hour to help monitor and educate the students.
School events will become more eco-responsible. Don’t worry, your kids will show you what to do.
Changes you make in the school lunches you pack will help us achieve our goals.

Changes You Can Make at Home

Learn to pack a zero-waste lunch
Avoid single-serve packaging
Use compartmented lunch boxes and skip the plastic bags
Foil juice pouches are not recyclable
Buy reusable shopping bags…and remember to bring them along
Invest in compact fluorescent lighting
Reduce-Re-use-Recycle