BCISD undertaking lunchroom recycling program
Updated: Monday, 01 Feb 2010, 8:11 PM EST
Published : Monday, 01 Feb 2010, 1:46 PM EST
By: Jacqueline Ingles
Burnet Consolidated Independent School District’s food service department is implementing a new recycling program in their school cafeterias that includes recycling food scraps.
It’s a program often overlooked by many Burnet Middle Schoolers who are mainly focused on the food lunch ladies are serving up each day.
“We are recycling food-prep scraps from the kitchen – leftovers like noodles and green beans,” said Director of Food Service Pamela Holcomb.
The kitchen scraps, except for meat, which doesn’t make the cut due to state law, are picked up by daily volunteers. The scraps are either used as gardening compost or fed to livestock on area farms and ranches.
“I don’t have to water my grass as much,” said Sherie Fowler, a gardener who occasionally picks up the food scraps. “I dont’ have to water anything as much when you use compost. Plus, it puts added nutrients back into the ground.”
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