Vermont Schools Lead on Recycling & Composting
(WorldNews Politics)

April 20, 2017 Vermont Schools Lead on Recycling & Composting Vermont`s K-12 schools are at the forefront of implementing the Universal Recycling law and using food education and local resources to cut down on food waste. They are successfully reducing waste, managing recyclable materials and creating food scrap diversion programs in exemplary form. `In their classrooms and cafeterias, Vermont`s youth are learning important hands-on lessons about how simple and routine it can be to reduce waste, rescue food, recycle materials, and compost. It becomes natural,` said Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Emily Boedecker. `Schools are jumpstarting the market and demanding the...