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Macaylee Godin removes a compostable sandwich from a pile of trash while fellow Godson elementary green team members Andres Castro and Justin McKinney TYLER OLSEN Abbotsford News remove a discarded shoe soul as green team mentor Mikayla Gravelle looks on during a garbage audit Tuesday.
Waste audit reveals most school garbage can be composted or recycled Tyler OLSEN Abbotsford News
Even before the milk cartons, discarded sandwiches and unpeeled oranges were separated from the headphones, vacuum cleaner bag, and reams of paper towel, the smell emanating from Tuesday’s Godson elementary
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garbage audit testified to the challenge facing the Abbotsford school district. As the City of Abbotsford prepares to rid its garbage trucks of organic materials by 2015, the school district – which uses a private contractor – is also looking to divert its compostable waste from landfills But the audit of a day’s worth
of trash by Godwin’s green team and mentors from Robert Bateman secondary showed most waste produced by students can be recycled or composted. In just 45 minutes, after the removal of organics, plastics, and other recyclables, a heaping pile of garbage had dwindled to just a fraction of its original size. The
results were in line with previous estimates that suggested more than 70 per cent of all school district trash could be diverted from landfills. The district has engaged a contractor at seven local schools to begin collecting compostables this
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