NERC in the News
Bringing Composting into Schools
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Resource Recycling, February 2012
By Roger Guttentag
When we think of school, we think of an institution whose primary function is to impart formal knowledge to our kids as they progress to adulthood. However, the way schools function as physical infrastructure, and what we can do to reduce their environmental footprint, can also yield teachable opportunities. This can be especially true when we create bridges between lesson plans and strategies for minimizing school waste. One terrific example is how many K-12 schools have used composting for both teaching science and other educational topics, while transforming organic school wastes into useful soil products. . . .
[In the second of two columns on bringing composting to schools, Roger Guttentag highlights web resources developed by the Northeast Recycling Council in a two-year composting project called "School Waste Reduction, Recycling and Composting," funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Click here to see both installments of the two-part series.]
