Did you know that school lunches are a major source of waste in Ontario? In fact, the average student’s lunch generates a total of 30 kilograms of waste per school year, or an average of 8,500 kilograms of waste per school per year.
A litterless lunch is a great way to reduce your impact on the environment - and your wallet! A litterless lunch is simply that. It is a lunch that creates no waste! It involves the elimination of disposable products and encourages use of reusable containers. The goal of a litterless lunch is to reduce waste production, and therefore help to reduce our impact on the Earth.
Why pack a litterless lunch?
- It reduces packaging waste
- It's cheaper
- It's healthier
| Litterless Lunch (water bottle, sandwich, yogurt, fruit) | Packaged Lunch (juice box, Lunchables, Yo-Tube, fruit chews) |
|---|---|
| $2.65 / average day | $4.02 / average day |
| $13.25 / week | $20.10 / week |
| $477.00 / school year | $723.60 / school year |
| Yes Please! | No Thank You! |
|---|---|
| REUSABLE Lunch Carrier | NO paper or plastic bags |
| REUSABLE containers (Tupperware, Rubbermaid, Lockables) | NO plastic wrap, foil, wax, or Styrofoam |
| REUSABLE drink bottle or thermos | NO single-use cans or juice boxes |
| CLOTH NAPKIN to wash and re-use | NO paper napkins |
| SILVERWARE to wash and re-use | NO plastic forks/spoons |
| HEALTHFUL snacks | NO overly packaged/processed snacks |
What is a Boomerang Lunch?
A boomerang lunch is a lunch that has every piece of it return to its source. In other words, everything in the lunch goes back home at the end of the day. No matter if it is leftover food, containers, recyclables or garbage, it all goes back. Yes, even the garbage.
Every Tuesday and Thursday, Pine Grove will be participating in Litterless/Boomerang Lunches. The eco club will be coming around to cover your garbage bins as a reminder to take all of your garbage home.
