[GreenYes] You may want to consider composting...

[<Christine.McCoy@no.address>]

the milk cartons. Since you are in a rural area all the better to compost. 
Find out more about school composting programs at the following websites:

Recycling Milk Cartons in Canada
http://www.milkcontainerrecycling.com/

Worm Away your Cafeteria Food Scraps
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/topic/vermicomposting/pubs/worms.html

Cafeteria Compost Lesson Plan
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/01-1/lp231_02.shtml

Alamo Garden Provides Organic Produce to School Cafeteria (they also 
compost)
http://www.mymountainmail.com/stories/edualamoproduce10-05-0620061005.php

Keene, NY - Case Study
http://compost.css.cornell.edu/Keene.html

We aren't doing it yet here, but are also investigating options for 
recovering milk cartons from our schools. It's my understanding from our 
trash crews that they would be grateful for alternative to disposal 
because in summer time curdled milk attracts bees and they have been stung 
on more than one occasion.

Christine McCoy
City of Alexandria
703/519-3486 ext. 132 

I received the following email recently from a visitor looking for a way 
to replace or recycle school milk cartons. Does anyone have experience 
with this?
 
"Our school district has been working hard to reduce our waste.  The bulk 
of our trash is paper milk cartons.  There is not a local recycling 
program for these as we are in a remote rural area.  How are other schools 
dealing with this waste?  Do you have any suggestions?  And sources for 
products (milk dispensers, etcâ)?  Thanks for any help you can offer." 
 
Thanks,
 
Amy Hemmert
Obentec, Inc.
amy@no.address
831-457-0301
www.laptoplunches.com
www.wastefreelunches.org

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