Love Food Not Waste Cafe Sorting Stations at Tierrasanta ES

Tierrasanta Elementary is a great example of a complete sorting station including share table, milk measurement, carton recycling, salad bar leftovers for composting in your school garden, meat & dairy bin for diverting from landfill through our trash hauler, landfill, and tray recycling. Even if your school doesn’t share food yet, gathering data on unopened food is invaluable. Does your school want their own tutorial?
Learn more about how our San Diego Unified’s Love Food, Not Waste program can help you motivate & train Students to Impact School Cafeteria Sustainability ​⁠​⁠‪@SandiCoastCafe‬. ​⁠​⁠ Watch this next: • Green Team Guide (green team guide)
Check out our student training library in our Love Food, Not Waste playlist. Don’t see what you need? Contact our Program Specialist to have it created showcasing your students, or make your request in the comments.
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Timecodes
0:00 - intro
0:27 - our role models
0:36 - examples of end-of-lunchtime trays,
0:49 - investigation questions & planning your investigation
1:27 - types of recyclables
1:36 - types of compostables
2:00 - types of shareables
2:13 - step 1: place unopened school food on share/data table
2:33 - step 2: drain milk & recycle carton
3:10 - step 3: salad bar leftovers
3:38 - step 4: fistful of salad bar portion sizing
3:46 - step 5: divert meats & dairy from landfill
4:09 - step 6:wrappers, condiments, & plastic sporks still go sadly to the landfill
4:37 - step 7: stack your recyclable tray
5:07 - thank you for your patience as we learn how to sort together
5:23 - when can you jump the line?
5:56- invitation to record your students with us & credits