School food waste composting pilot
Summary
The waste reduction group is running small food-scrap pilots at a few schools, trucking scraps to UW-Green Bay's composter to prove the concept before asking the school board for bigger investment.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 4
- Last 30 days
- 1
Discussed at 2 meetings in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 21, 2026.
Impact analysis
Pilot-scale only for now; any district-wide composting infrastructure would be a much larger future ask.
Students and schools, who could see food waste diverted from landfills and gain hands-on environmental learning.
Mentions & discussions (4)
Sustainability Commission - Oct 21, 2026
John Dewey Academy of Learning, a small charter school with strong student buy-in, will pilot sending food waste to UW-Green Bay's in-vessel composter starting in November. If it works, it could become a model for reducing food waste across the school district.
Sustainability Commission - Sep 16, 2026
The waste reduction group is running small food-scrap pilots at a few schools, trucking scraps to UW-Green Bay's composter to prove the concept before asking the school board for bigger investment.
Sustainability Commission - Mar 18, 2026
A school district survey last spring showed families and staff are concerned about how much food schools throw away. The waste work group is pushing for food rescue or composting programs — no Wisconsin school currently does this, so Green Bay would lead the state. Cold, unopened food could go to food pantries, but the district lacks a process.
Sustainability Commission - Feb 18, 2026
The Waste Reduction Work Group is using new state food waste data to design a pilot program for cutting food waste in Green Bay, with plans to present it later this year. About 209,000 tons of residential food waste went to Wisconsin landfills in 2023.
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