Introduction from the Eco Council

Hello!

We are Little Green's Eco Council and we are on a mission to save our environment. On Thursday, the 6 of us (Abigail & Joshua-5E, Tilly & Martha-5R, Nia & Dylan-5H) went to York Mead School for a discussion on food waste. We discovered that this isn't a topic generally brought up when talking about the environment, however, actually this is a really important issue that must be dealt with. This issue gets its importance because of all of the water, energy and resources needed to grow or raise food and livestock.

Some ways we discovered that people could help were-

• Planning ahead for meals so you know what you need to buy

• Knowing how to store your food (fridge less than 5 degrees)

• Understand the difference between ‘best before’ and ‘use by’

• Use up what you have before buying again

• Repurpose leftovers

• Avoid serving too much

Additionally, we had to talk about different ways we would save having food waste in school and at the end of this we had to make a pledge. Our pledge was to divide our dining hall bins into one for general waste and one for food waste. Then at the end of the day, we’d empty our food waste into our composter, before using that compost on the school garden, which we will try to start using more.

Thank you for doing your part,

Little Green Eco Council