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This fall, Baldwin School students began lunchroom composting! Now, Baldwin students place leftovers and napkins in the yellow compost barrel so they can be turned into soil. In addition, students place their empty milk cartons and juice cups in the blue recycling bin so they can be turned into new products. Congratulations, Baldwin School, for taking this step to protect animals and nature!
The King Open was the first school to begin lunchroom composting (2009). Now, all but two Cambridge Public Schools have the program. The Martin Luther King, Jr. School will have it in their new school on Putnam Avenue, leaving the Morse School as the only school yet to begin lunchroom composting.
The food scraps are picked up weekly and taken to a compost facility to be turned into rich soil to be used by farmers, gardeners and landscapers. Please contact Meryl Brott at DPW (mbrott@cambridgema.gov) or Kristen Middleton at CPS (kvonhoffmann@cpsd.us) if you have any questions.
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