Compostable Tray Project

Toward Zero Waste has partnered with PTAs from nine Wake County Public Schools to purchase compostable fiber lunch trays for the cafeterias in lieu of the polystyrene lunch trays currently provided by the school system. The goal of this initiative is to offset and divert overall waste that comes from the cafeterias each day, reducing the overall impact to our local landfill. The schools participating in the program are currently composting their lunch trays through a private compost hauler.

The Nine Schools participating are:

  1. Abbotts Creek Elementary
  2. Conn Elementary
  3. Davis Drive Elementary
  4. Fred Olds Elementary
  5. Kingswood Elementary
  6. North Ridge Elementary
  7. Oberlin Middle School
  8. Poe Elementary
  9. Wiley Elementary
Casey Pickering
Casey PickeringTeam Lead

This program is made possible by funding from the Lonnie and Carol Poole Family Foundation.

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