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2019
Carbon Less Accomplish More began as the waste diversion program at the Beverly High School cafeteria. The new waste diversion bins allowed the students of BHS to properly sort their waste after lunch which helped clean the waste stream.
In teaming up with the Accomplish Program we worked with them to promote and maintain the waste diversion program. There were many different phases of research and studies to identify the best types of intervention to optimize the diversion rate. Prior to the bins, there had only been trash and recycling bins which resulted in about 200 pounds of trash a day produced solely from the BHS cafeteria.
Throughout the months of the waste diversion program, the average diversion rate was around 63% which is well above the national average. Approximately 60 pounds of trash were produced as well as 10 pounds of recycling and 86 pounds of compost. Despite the pandemic ending school in March, if the program would've lasted the entire 180 school day schedule 9 tons of waste would have been diverted from landfills.
2020
2020
2020 was an unprecedented year that saw every aspect of life change. As managers of Carbon Less Accomplish More we had to re-evaluate how to successfully run an awareness campaign so our message could still be heard.
Plan and Execute Events: While prioritizing health and safety is our main goal, we have done our best to still hold events for our campaign. One of our main events was held in November 2020. in partnership with Beverly Bootstraps we ran our own Pop-Up Thrift Store at BHS to bring awareness to shopping second hand.
Work with Elected Officials: Making a connection with grassroots efforts and government officials is important to show a unified message. We have had the pleasure of being in contact and working with State Senator Joan Lovely and Congressman Seth Moulton. Both have helped expand our audience and proves the fact that local officials care about student lead initiatives
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