Photo: Dyanne Jiang
For two years, Dyanne Jiang and Myra Datta — Grade 11 students at Appleby College, in Oakville, Ontario — have cut down food waste at their school by more than half, after learning that nearly all food waste came from food that students purchased in the cafeteria but didn’t finish. Food waste was cut by 57% in the 2023-2024 school year - 360 kilograms less waste. Dyanne and Myra gave students tips for reducing food waste, and volunteers called “compost coaches” encouraged students to waste less. Each day, they used a special scale to weigh the garbage bins in the cafeteria, with their first goal being to reduce waste by 100 kilograms for the first month. Every time the students met a monthly goal, the organizers handed out ice cream sandwiches as rewards. They have also begun working with two other schools using a WasteZero Ambassador Toolbox.
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