Resource Library
StopWaste’s Meal Sorting Guide illustrates one of the best practices in setting up your indoor or outdoor meal sorting station – placing the bins in an order that will encourage proper sorting.
Looking to kick off waste sorting in the cafeteria? StopWaste’s Cafeteria Sorting Station Rollout Guide provides some of the considerations and best practices to keep in mind as you build towards a successful sorting program at your school.
Due to varying plans for reopening schools and to ensure the safety of students and school staff, this quick guide provides recommendations for food distribution, waste reduction, clean up, and waste handling models. These models are designed to maintain school sustainability goals.
Have you taken action to reduce waste at home, at school or in your community? Share your action hero identity!
Teachers, parents, and families can use this form to report back to the StopWaste Schools Team how you took action to reduce waste at home, at school, and in your community.
How will you and your family take action at home to reduce waste and practice the 4Rs - reduce, reuse, recycle and rot? You can use this planning tool to brainstorm actions you can take together.
Before you begin the tour, please have a classroom discussion about what students know and what they want to know about the transfer station, waste, the 4Rs and more. Record on this sheet or on another piece of paper.
Before starting your adventure from Garbologist to Student Action Hero, download and make a copy of our Field Journal. Use a scratch piece of paper for your own Garbologist Field Journal.