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District schedules cafeteria waste audits to guide 2024–25 recycling plans
Summary
Brookfield School District staff said Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority representatives will run waste audits in each cafeteria next week, with volunteers assisting students to sort trash by type and weight so the district can identify materials to divert to recycling or donation for the 2024–25 school year.
Kasey Diotte, Director of Business and Operations for the Brookfield School District, told the facilities committee on June 5 that representatives from the Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority will conduct a waste audit in each district cafeteria next week.
The purpose of the audit, Diotte said in the meeting minutes, is to determine what types of material (food waste, unopened food, recycling, trash) are being placed in trash bins and how much of each material the district generates. Because students often place all items into a single trash bin during lunch waves, volunteers will be on hand during each lunch wave to assist students with sorting so weights for each category can be measured.
Diotte said the district plans to use the audit's measurements to guide waste-reduction efforts for the 2024–25 school year, including increasing recycling and identifying items that could be donated rather than placed in the trash. The minutes do not specify which cafeterias will be audited, the number of volunteers, or any expected schedule beyond 'next week.'
