Campus fermentation bins transform lunch waste into compost

When lunchtime ends, upper-grade elementary students roll up their sleeves and begin carting trollies of kitchen waste out as part of their midday work routine. Just like many other countries, Taiwan has a massive problem with kitchen waste, and school lunches make up a small part of the larger problem. To encourage people to make use of food waste and promote environmental education, Taiwan Composting Association has installed composting bins in many schools throughout Taiwan.

The association’s food waste composter is so simple and easy to use that even young elementary school students are up to the job. Using composted kitchen waste in campus gardens not only provides nourishing vegetables and greens up schools but also plants the seeds of environmental protection in the hearts and minds of children.

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推著裝滿滿的廚餘，午餐時間結束，但由國小高年級學生所組成的志工隊的才要開始工作。台灣廚餘問題嚴重，同樣的問題也發生在校園的營養午餐中。有鑑於此，台灣廚餘堆肥資源化發展協會與多所學校建立合作關係，不只希望增加廚餘利用價值，更透過設置廚餘發酵桶、推動環境教育，希望從源頭減量。

參照協會的SOP，廚餘機的操作簡單，國小學生也能輕鬆勝任。校園中的小田園種滿作物，有了廚餘堆肥的滋養更加翠綠茂盛，也在孩子們幼小心中種下環保的種子。

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