Zero Waste Savings Add Up for District 97
Holmes school pioneers a waste-reducing, eco-friendly program that has spread across school system in two years.
At first glance, the lunchroom at Oliver Wendell Holmes Elementary School looks like any other. Students chat about their days while forking down cafeteria-made pasta and salad. But this is no ordinary lunchroom. With just a few changes in the past two years, it has become a leader of a pioneering program in Oak Park Elementary School District 97 to cut down on waste and ultimately save huge chunks of cash. In the two years, the district has saved about $26,000, according to Seven Generations Ahead, an Oak Park-based nonprofit that has helped lead the effort along with volunteer parents and state grant funding. Total savings might eventually reach more than $50,000 a year as the program grows. That's inspired districts from as far as …
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John Mulu
6:35 am on Tuesday, December 20, 2011
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