Students want school canteens to go green with fresh fruit and veg and sustainable food waste practices
A poll of more than 1,398 South Australian high school students reveals they want their school canteens to be offering more fresh and affordable food, and to improve the way food packaging and food waste at schools is being managed.
Students want to be involved in the planning and decision-making that will decide how best to reduce their school’s collective waste levels and ensure they adopt sustainable practices that include changing how food is being managed, supplied and disposed of at schools across the state.
Suggestions from students included creating more school community gardens from which canteen staff can harvest fresh, more affordable food daily, and to which school food waste currently going to landfill can be diverted as compost. They also want to see plastic packaging removed and utensils at school canteens replaced with reusable or recyclable kitchenware and cutlery, while offering students ‘eat in’ options to support these changes.
Read the full Media Release here.
Read the full position brief here.
