Cutting Food Waste at North Geelong Secondary College

At the Doing More with Less Roadshow, students from North Geelong Secondary discovered that 40% of waste in the City of Greater Geelong is food waste.  And they plan to do something about it, starting with the waste in food technology at their school. 

The food technology room now produces five bags of waste every day and the students plan to cut this down to one.  The teacher in the room, Ms Martin, is excited by the idea and has agreed to help out, and the school principal has also given the go ahead.

North Geelong plans to have two bins in food technology - one for waste and one for food scraps.  They also aim to build two small vegetable patches, and fill them with herbs which will be used for cooking.  This will cut down on purchasing herbs wrapped in plastic, reduce food miles, and the herbs will be organic - good for people and good for the planet.  A bakashi will be used to help break down scraps quickly and the liquid generated from it will be used on the herb garden, and other gardens around the school.

The students also plan to educate staff and students about waste, particularly food waste in the kitchen, so hopefully lots of people will start using these ideas at home as well.

Great plan North Geelong!  Good luck!