Waste-free Lunch Research

We would love to add more research topics to this page. If you're involved in relevant research that you'd like us to post (and that you think our readers would be interested in), please send it to us at info@wastefreelunches.org. Thanks!

• Complete instructions for implementing a waste-free lunch program can be found at www.laptoplunches.com/GreenTeacher2004.html. (It takes a few minutes to load, so please be patient!)
  
  
• If you're looking for an article describing the state of the waste-free lunch movement, visit www.wastefreelunches.org\SchoolsReduceWaste.html.
  

• David Darlington of Environmental Education for Kids! (EEK!) conducted a waste-free lunch pilot program at Marylin Avenue Elementary School. The project was funded by the City of Livermore, CA. Waste-free lunch kits were distributed to thirty students in a single class. Families were encouraged to pack waste-free lunches as often as possible. Click here to see their results.



• California Integrated Waste Management Board has compiled statistics on school savings resulting from waste reductions programs. Click here to see a summary of their results. For more details and descriptions of additional programs, visit their Web site at http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Schools/WasteReduce/Models/Districts.htm.
• The Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education has studied the impact of comprehensive environmental education on student learning as measured by the science MSPAP (Maryland School Performance Assessment Program) test. To view this report, click here or visit their Web site at www.maeoe.org.