This Zero Waste Organization Has Helped Local Schools Keep Over 90% Of Their Garbage Out Of Landfills

Kailua, Hawaii. This school program has got reduce, reuse, recycle on lock!

The Windward Zero Waste School Hui has been described as an “award-winning, nationally-acclaimed zero waste program,” and it’s teaching both students and faculty how to engage in environmentally-friendly practices that can make a profound collective impact.

The stats on the program’s success in 2021 include:

Over 2,000 students participating daily.

57.8 tons of waste that didn’t end up in a landfill.

A 90% reduction in school trash.

These students are composting and learning environmentally friendly ways to dispose of cardboard and paper products.

Ron Brasher, the organizer for fundraising for Oahu Resource Conservation & Development, shared that students at participating Windward Oahu schools are “working cooperatively in the pursuit of waste reduction, soil restoration, and applied environmental education.”

GoFundMe; pictured above children help out at the Windward Zero Waste School Hui

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They even sell the resulting homemade organic compost to community members, which helps fund their future efforts.

But the program is at risk of shutting down due to a lack of funding. So, how can we ensure this great experiment continues leading the way in green waste management?

The program decided to make a GoFundMe in the hopes of raising $50,000 to keep the good work going.

Their initial post explained where this funding would be funneled; “[it] will be used to support the trained staff members who manage all organic processing daily, and educate the next generation of environmental leaders.”

The page is currently at almost $18,000 in donations, but they still are more than halfway from meeting their goal.

One commenter expressed their excitement for the project and was grateful to have learned about it through the GoFundMe.

They wrote, “I went to your website and was so impressed with your program from philosophy to implementation that I was inspired to donate.”

To learn more about this fantastic program, you can head to the website or even watch this video tour of the hot composting facility. And you can donate to their GoFundMe here.

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