This answers question number 10. How much school waste is shipped of to landfills?
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Turns out what they wanted were the meatballs that came with their whole wheat spaghetti. Otherwise, the pasta along with a wonderful green been salad, a side of corn and a whole wheat roll all went into the garbage can.
This answers question number 4. Why are people getting so much food in the lunch line and then throwing it all away when half of it is not eaten?
Lunch that is scheduled too soon after breakfast can result in more plate waste, as can scheduling lunch too late, giving kids time to snack on other foods.