Green Cones for Small Schools
Small schools offer both unique opportunities and challenges for implementing waste reduction programs, especially when it comes to food scraps. To reduce waste, reduce the load on landfills, and reduce methane gas production and greenhouse gas emissions, it’s critical to keep as many food scraps out of the landfill as possible. And for small programs, on-site management of food scraps is likely the best option. That’s where Green Cones come in.
The CVSWMD developed a pilot program to test how the cones work in small school settings, and we found that they offer a sound option for food scrap diversion for small programs. See the project report here.
As a result, we developed a how-to booklet to help small schools, day care centers, and other small programs to decide whether Green Cones might work for them and, if so, how to choose a site, determine how many cones are needed, and develop a food scraps-to-Green Cones Program.
The booklet is called Green Cones for Small Schools: A food scrap management option for small schools, day care centers, low-residency colleges, and more, and you can download a low resolution version for viewing/using or a high-resolution version for printing:
- Download the low res version of the Small Schools booklet (916 KB PDF) here.
- Download the print-quality version of the Small Schools booklet (4.6 MB PDF) here.
We also developed a helpful poster for reference in areas where food scrap sorting is to take place, and two versions of that poster are also available for download:
- Download the low res version of the Green Cone poster (246 KB PDF) here.
- Download the print-quality version of the Green Cone poster (3.9 MB PDF) here.
Many thanks to the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources for the grant funding to develop the Small Schools Program, test the cones with this population, and produce the booklet and poster.
