Students often throw away what is remaining on their trays after eating lunch without thinking about it. This means every day students are tossing piles of food and causing a lot of food waste to be produced from their lunch throughout the year. According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), in an arti... Read more
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In developing countries, school food waste can provide cheap and much-needed clean energy.
Food waste from schools and other institutions can run commercial power plants, like this electricity facility in Japan.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230412/p2a/00m/0sc/021000c
A few schools have set up systems for converting food waste into bioenergy.
This project has middle and high school students collecting food waste that is then turned into biogas energy and fertilizers. Talk about shaping the next generation.
https://researchoutreach.org/articles/food-waste-energy-project-based-school-learning-experience/
Check this out! School cafeterias produce about 40 pounds of food waste annually per student. That’s a lot of raw materials for clean and sustainable bioenergy.
https://hhsjournalism.com/opinion/review/2023/02/02/school-cafeterias-how-much-waste-do-school-cafeterias-really-produce/