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Willy's Waste-Free Lunch Program
On average, a school-age child with a "disposable" lunch generates 67 pounds of waste each school year (which comes from only 6 ounces of garbage per day). We challenge them to reduce that waste with Willy's Waste-Free Lunch Program! The program educates students, parents, and school staff about where garbage ends up and how we, as individuals, can reduce the amount of trash we generate. The program encourages students to bring zero-waste lunches on their field trips to Plum Creek Nature Center in Beecher (PCNC), Isle a la Cache Museum in Romeoville (ICM), Four Rivers Environmental Education Center in Channahon (FREEC), and the Environmental Learning Center in Mokena (ELC).

Classes that participate in Willy's Waste-Free Lunch Program have their waste totals tracked in the table below.

Fall
Lunch Date School Hometown Grade Site Trash Weight
Per Student
10/28/2011 Carmel Montessori School Warrenville PreK-12th ICM Zero!
10/21/2011 Meadowlane School Marrionette Park 5th ICM 0.92 oz.
10/20/2011 Rosa Maddock School Burbank 2nd ICM 2.70 oz.
10/19/2011 Kindi Academy Lisle 1st-6th ICM 1.71 oz.
10/13/2011 Beecher Elementary Beecher 4th ICM 0.50 oz.
10/12/2011 Beecher Elementary Beecher 4th ICM 1.14 oz.
10/7/2011 L.J. Stevens Middle School Wilmington 5th ICM 0.24 oz.
10/6/2011 Walkers Grove Elementary Plainfield 2nd ICM 0.04 oz.
10/5/2011 Orland Junior High Orland Park 7th ELC 0.87 oz.
10/5/2011 Walkers Grove Elementary Plainfield 2nd ICM 0.15 oz.
10/4/2011 Orland Junior High Orland Park 7th ELC 1.36 oz.
10/4/2011 Walkers Grove Elementary Plainfield 2nd ICM 0.75 oz.
9/30/2011 Kruse Education Center Orland Park 5th ICM 0.21 oz.
9/30/2011 Zion Lutheran Beecher K-1st ELC Zero!
9/29/2011 Wheaton Classical Conversations LaGrange Park K-6th ICM Zero!
9/27/2011 Montessori School of Lemont Lemont 1st-7th ICM 1.23 oz.
9/21/2011 Palos East Elementary Palos Heights 4th ICM 0.22 oz.
9/20/2011 Frankfort Square School Frankfort 3rd ICM 1.02 oz.
9/16/2011 Trinity Christian School Shorewood 5th ICM 0.93 oz.
9/15/2011 Council Oak Montessori Chicago 1st-6th ICM 5.3 oz.
9/9/2011 Thompson Instructional Center Joliet 6th-8th ELC 1.9 oz.

Spring
Lunch Date School Hometown Grade Site Trash Weight
Per Student
5/26/2011 Reavis School Lansing 3rd & 5th PCNC 0.71 oz.
5/26/2011 Southwest Chicago Christian Tinley Park 2nd PCNC 0.4 oz.
5/24/2011 Gower West School Willowbrook 3rd ICM 0.6 oz.
5/24/2011 Meadowlane Merrionette Park 5th PCNC 0.8 oz.
5/24/2011 Mokena Elementary Mokena 2nd ELC 0.3 oz.
5/20/2011 Gower West School Willowbrook 3rd ICM 0.26 oz.
5/20/2011 Mokena Elementary Mokena 1st PCNC 0.88 oz.
5/20/2011 Mokena Elementary Mokena 2nd ELC 0.1 oz.
5/19/2011 Coolidge Elementary Lansing 3rd-5th ELC 0.44 oz.
5/19/2011 Elwood Elementary Elwood 1st PCNC 0.22 oz.
5/19/2011 Riverview Elementary Plainfield 4th ICM 0.28 oz.
5/18/2011 Mokena Elementary Mokena 2nd ELC 0.22 oz.
5/18/2011 Mokena Elementary Mokena 1st PCNC 0.92 oz.
5/18/2011 Riverview Elementary Plainfield 4th ICM 4.8 oz.
5/17/2011 Memorial Junior High Lansing 6th-8th ELC 0.26 oz.
5/17/2011 Willow School Homewood 1st PCNC 0.46 oz.
5/13/2011 Monee Elementary Monee 3rd PCNC 0.56 oz.
5/13/2011 Riverside Brookfield High Riverside 9th ELC 0.04 oz.
5/13/2011 St. Liborius Crete 3rd PCNC Zero!
5/12/2011 Troy Heritage Joliet 3rd PCNC 0.86 oz.
5/11/2011 Kelvin Grove Lockport 7th ELC 0.84 oz.
5/11/2011 Troy Heritage Joliet 3rd PCNC 0.51 oz.
5/10/2011 Chelsea Intermediate Frankfort 5th ICM 0.11 oz.
5/10/2011 Mokena Elementary Mokena 2nd ELC 0.4 oz.
5/10/2011 Willow School Homewood 1st PCNC 0.21 oz.
5/6/2011 Coal City Elementary Coal City 2nd PCNC 0.46 oz.
5/6/2011 William E. Young Elementary Homer Glen 3rd ICM 0.78 oz.
5/5/2011 Chelsea Intermediate Frankfort 5th ICM 1.135 oz.
5/5/2011 Coal City Elementary Coal City 2nd PCNC 0.33 oz.
5/4/2011 Chelsea Intermediate Frankfort 5th ICM 0.192 oz.
5/4/2011 St. Joseph School Lockport 6th ELC 0.03 oz.
5/4/2011 Stevens Intermediate Lockport 3rd PCNC 0.138 oz.
5/3/2011 Chelsea Intermediate Frankfort 5th ICM 0.373 oz.
4/28/2011 High Point School Orland Park 4th-5th ICM 1.56 oz.
4/27/2011 John C. Dore Elementary Chicago 4th ELC 1.9 oz.
4/20/2011 Navajo Heights Palos Heights 5th FREEC 1.23 oz.
4/19/2011 Beiriger School Griffith, IN 5th PCNC 0.84 oz.
4/12/2011 Saint Andrew The Apostle Romeoville 4th-5th ICM 0.129 oz.
4/8/2011 Tyler Elementary New Lenox 3rd ICM 0.615 oz.
4/5/2011 Edison Regional Gifted Chicago 3rd-4th ICM 0.214 oz.
 
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