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DISPLAY CASE SHOWCASING OUR ZERO-WASTE LUNCH BAG SAMPLE WITH OUR "PLASTIC AIN'T MY BAG" PROMO.

 WALLY WALLAROO IS OUR MASCOT.   HERE HE IS EMBRACING OUR NEWSPAPER EARTH SURROUNDED BY PICTURES OF WYATT STUDENTS ENGAGED IN GREEN ACTIVITIES AROUND CAMPUS ALL YEAR AROUND!

 

 ZERO-WASTE GREEN LUNCHES 

Wyatt is working hard to earn the Green Ribbon School award
this year, and we are encouraging parents to help us become a more eco-friendly
campus by packing zero-waste lunches for your children. 

 

The average school lunch brought from home contains items
such as juice boxes, plastic zip-top bags, aluminum foil, yogurt cups, paper
napkins, and single-serve packages of snacks. 
These items make up an average of 67 pounds of waste for just one child in
a school year, which adds up to almost 40,000 pounds of trash produced at
Wyatt.  While these products may be
convenient, they end up in landfills for thousands of years, and are more
expensive as well.  But Wyatt can do
better!

 

Here are some zero-waste lunch options…

 

Instead of:	Choose:
Paper lunch bag	Reusable lunch box
Sandwiches, fruit/vegetables, and snacks in plastic bags	Reusable plastic containers
Single-serving snacks	Buying in bulk and packaging in reusable Containers – this works for chips, pretzels, cheese cubes,   even yogurt!
Juice boxes & pouches, milk cartons, disposable water   bottles	Beverages served in a reusable drink bottle
Paper napkin	Cloth napkin
Disposable forks and spoons	Reusable stainless-steel or plastic forks and spoons

 

These small changes are more environmentally responsible,
and cheaper too!

 

In addition, there are recycling bins in the cafeteria for
juice pouches, cans and water bottles, and chip bags, so please encourage your
child to use those containers for their recyclable items. 

 

For more information:

Zero-Waste Lunches – www.wastefreelunches.org

Green Ribbon School Award – www.greenribbonschools.org

Wyatt PTA’s Environmental Committee – www.wyattpta.org/go-green

 

If you have any questions, please contact Environmental Committee
Chair, Martha Chalhoub, at pmchalhoub@sbcglobal.net.  Thanks for helping Wyatt GO FOR THE GREEN!