Physical Place:
Reduce, Reuse,
Rethink Recycle
START Metric #32:
Waste Diversion
Guides & Resources
‘How To’ Guides
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Cafeteria Sorting Station Guide
Steps from StopWaste to set up a 3-stream sorting, recycling and composting program and when applicable, food share program.
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Food Waste Diversion Guide
From MassDEP, a framework to help you manage and select the best strategies for food waste diversion at your school.
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Lunch Waste Audit Resource
The Center for Environmental Health’s steps for running a cafeteria Waste Audit, including an Audit Data Sheet and Waste Chart Guide.
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Paper Waste Reduction Guide
Turning the Page: A Behavior Change Toolkit for Reducing Paper Use, from Aashe and Root Solutions, can help you develop and implement paper reduction strategies.
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A Guide for Implementing a School Recycling Program
From askHRgreen, a guide to preparing for recycling, understanding collection systems, starting and promoting your system and evaluating its success.
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How to Start a School Recycling Program
From the Green Team, a toolkit to help you build support, plan, implement and evaluate a school recycling program.
Additional Resources
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Case Study: Material Generated, Discarded and Recovered at Schools
A case study to help address the questions: How much waste is created by a school? How much of it could be prevented, recycled or composted?
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