This document outlines a school composting project that involves constructing 6 compost bins and implementing a composting program across grades 6-12. It details who is involved in different aspects of the project such as construction, education, collection, and turning of compost. Benefits of the program include reducing waste, providing hands-on science lessons, and fostering environmental stewardship. The process and timeline for building bins and rolling out the full program are also summarized.

1. G e n e r a t i o n - . blogspot . com Z Presents… Adam Davis . Myranda Gillow . Eva Mizer . Shelby Warmbrodt . Jussie Conner . Brenna Donovan Chad DeVoe - Advisor Sandra Quints . . Ashley Jackson

4. Who’s Involved? Support The Board of Education Middle/High School Administration The Community (Specifically our Anonymous Donor)

5. Who’s Involved? Enforcement And Assistance Custodians and Grounds Crew

6. Who’s Involved? The Students (Middle/High) The Kitchen Staff Trash Separation

7. Who’s Involved? Bin Construction Teacher Volunteers, Generation - Z, and Mr. Davis’s 8 th grade Tech. Class

8. Who’s Involved? Education & Assistance Master Composters – Ithaca, NY

9. Who’s Involved? Collection, Monitoring, and Turning Generation – Z and Middle School Composting Club (3-5 Students) Chad Neville – Middle School “Go To Guy”

10. The Benefits

11. Foster a sense of school pride Compost discourages the use of chemical treatments that pollute groundwater. Waste audits have shown that over 80% of a school’s waste stream is organic, with over 20%of the total being food waste. Biology, Chemistry, and Earth Science Lessons: Decomposers Aerobic Resporation and Fermentation Temperature and pH data with lab probes Environmental Science Ours will be the only school in Tompkins County with a composting program Promotes social responsibility Would put to use grass clippings and leaf disposal from school grounds Help the school work toward becoming a "green school"

14. Construction

16. Construction and Setup Cut away layers of a bin showing the Lasagna method. * This method is best in cutting any smells or pests that may arise during the process. The Greens The Browns Wood chips, dried grass, sawdust, dead leaves, newspaper, and shredded paper. Fruit and vegetable scraps, grass clippings, weeds, and bread crusts.

17. Contents (Browns) (Greens) chopped straw pieces of paper egg cartons newspaper strips small wood chips wood shavings Bulking Agents dried grass grass clippings weeds banana peels bread crusts apple cores carrot peelings lettuce scraps Food for the Microbes

18. The Procedure Organic scraps will be placed in compost buckets throughout the school. Generation - Z will target high-activity lunch zones.

19. The Procedure Generation – Z and Middle School Composting Club will rotate collection duties on M, W, F’s Scraps will be weighed for monthly and yearly totals

21. Thank You!