Star Tribune Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:09:35 GMT
School composting is growing 'dramatically'
The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District is revamping its composting program. Similar efforts, which give kids an easy way to help the planet and can save districts money, are cropping up across the metro area. It's been five years since students in the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District started scraping their plates in the cafeteria, separating uneaten food from plastic forks and other garbage in an effort to compost organic waste. But it's been a long time since most lunchroom trash actually made it to the compost heap. Last week, District 196 rolled out a new composting program designed to keep food waste from mixing with other trash in garbage trucks -- a problem that sank students' previous attempts to turn leftover French fries into garden mulch. And the enthusiasm has been building: At Rosemount High School, students made signs for the cafeteria about how composting works and volunteered to be lunchroom monitors.
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