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Local School Sets Sights on Trash-Free Lunches
Chadwick School will participate in a challenge that promotes trash-free lunch in L.A. County schools.
Students at might start to pack their lunches a little differently now that their school is part of a challenge to reduce trash in cafeterias across L.A. County.
The school is one of a dozen across the county that will participate in the Trash-Free Lunch Challenge, sponsored by the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County. The contest was created by nonprofit Grades of Green, which promotes eco-friendly classrooms across the country.
The challenge's kick-off event is scheduled for Tuesday, with a tour of the Sanitation Districts' materials recycling facility and landfill in Whittier planned for school officials.
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As part of the contest, students will learn how to reduce lunch trash whether they bring or buy lunches.
Schools competing in the challenge include:
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- In Redondo Beach: Jefferson Elementary School, Lincoln Elementary School, Tulita Elementary School, Coast Christian School
- In El Segundo: Richmond Street Elementary School
- In Palos Verdes: Chadwick School
- In Inglewood: Crozier Middle School, Warren Lane Elementary School
- In Carson: Andrew Carnegie Middle School
- In Gardena: 135th Street Elementary School
- In Norwalk: Norwalk High School
- In Whittier: Trinity Lutheran School
Grades of Green will choose two finalist schools to be evaluated by judges, who will then pick one school to receive a $1,000 education grant.
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