Children weighed the food waste from each year group and put it into a table to share with the school each week. Year groups then had to beat the weight of the food waste the week before. Prizes given to the year group that decreased the most amount of food waste.
Dorset Council acme into speak to children about the effects of Food Waste on Climate Change and what they could do to reduce their carbon footprint and waste.
Activity description
Did you know that food waste is one of the greatest sources of greenhouse gases?
Or that primary and secondary schools in the UK waste over 80,000 tonnes of food every year (that's the same as 8000 blue whales).
Tackling food waste in your school is a great way to cut your carbon emissions! This linked presentation provides an overview of why food waste is such a huge environmental problem. It can be run either as a one hour activity for an eco club or teachers can use the linked worksheets for 2-3 sessions of class work.
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