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Ambrose student "Eco team" asks school committee to expand food rescue, composting and reduce single‑use plastics
Summary
An Ambrose Elementary student group seeking to make their school more sustainable described a spring food‑rescue pilot, a playground-cleanup initiative, composting challenges and a request that the district and its food provider, Whitsons, add food‑rescue to the cafeteria contract.
Members of the Ambrose Elementary Eco team presented to the Winchester School Committee on June 12 about student sustainability projects and requested support from the district and its food-service contractor.
Students told the committee they had organized a food-rescue effort beginning in April to keep untouched cafeteria food — apples, milk cartons and packaged vegetables were cited as examples — from the trash and to donate eligible items to community food programs. "We started food rescuing in April. We noticed it is challenging without having…
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