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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), 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
10/30/2009 Eichelberger Elementary Plainfield 5th ICM 1.40 oz.
10/29/2009 Eichelberger Elementary Plainfield 5th ICM Zero oz.
10/27/2009 Alan B. Shepard Elementary Bourbonnais 1st PCNC 0.28 oz.
10/27/2009 Meadow Lane School Merrionette Park 5th ICM 1.26 oz.
10/23/2009 Beecher Elementary Beecher 4th ICM 0.28 oz.
10/22/2009 Beecher Elementary Beecher 4th ICM 0.32 oz.
10/21/2009 Riverside Brookfield High School Riverside 9th ELC 0.65 oz.
10/21/2009 Wilson Creek Manhattan 2nd PCNC N/A
10/20/2009 Costello School Lyons 5th ELC 2.22 oz.
10/20/2009 Wilson Creek Manhattan 2nd PCNC N/A
10/15/2009 Troy Heritage Trail Joliet 4th ICM N/A
10/14/2009 Troy Heritage Trail Joliet 4th ICM 0.68 oz.
10/13/2009 Riverside Brookfield High School Riverside 9th ELC 0.33 oz.
10/9/2009 Park View Elementary Glen Ellyn 5th ICM 1.09 oz.
10/8/2009 Green Garden Elementary Frankfort 1st PCNC 0.87 oz.
10/8/2009 Walkers Grove Elementary Plainfield 2nd ICM 0.29 oz.
10/7/2009 Walkers Grove Elementary Plainfield 2nd ICM 0.36 oz.
10/7/2009 Woodgate Elementary Matteson K-1st PCNC 0.74 oz.
10/6/2009 Walkers Grove Elementary Plainfield 2nd ICM 0.15 oz.
10/6/2009 Woodgate Elementary Matteson 1st PCNC 0.66 oz.
10/2/2009 John F. Kennedy Joliet 3rd-5th ELC 2.8 oz.
10/1/2009 John F. Kennedy Joliet 3rd-5th ELC 2.2 oz.
10/1/2009 Zion Lutheran Beecher K-1st PCNC 10 oz.
9/30/2009 John F. Kennedy Joliet 3rd-5th ELC 1.1 oz
9/30/2009 Palos East Elementary Palos Heights 4th ICM 0.12 oz.
9/29/2009 John F. Kennedy Joliet 3rd-5th ELC 1.84 oz.
9/29/2009 Palos East Elementary Palos Heights 4th ICM 0.66 oz.
9/28/2009 John F. Kennedy Joliet 3rd-5th ELC 1.89 oz.
9/25/2009 Southern Will County Cooperative for Special Education Joliet 9th-12th ELC Zero oz.
9/24/2009 LJ Stevens Middle School Wilmington 5th ICM N/A
9/24/2009 St. Liborius Steger 4th PCNC Zero oz.
9/23/2009 Lee Foster School Oak Forest 4th PCNC N/A
9/23/2009 LJ Stevens Middle School Wilmington 5th ICM 0.42 oz.
9/16/2009 Frankfort Square School Frankfort 3rd ICM 0.66 oz.
9/15/2009 Home School -- 4th-8th ELC Zero oz.
9/11/2009 Reed-Custer Intermediate Braidwood 5th ICM 0.78 oz.
9/10/2009 Reed-Custer Intermediate Braidwood 5th ICM 2.48 oz.
9/9/2009 Reed-Custer Intermediate Braidwood 6th ICM 1.84 oz.
9/8/2009 St. Liborius Steger 4th PCNC Zero oz.

Spring
Lunch Date School Hometown Grade Site Trash Weight
Per Student
5/29/2010 St. Liborius Steger 3rd-4th PCNC 0.02 oz.
5/28/2010 Mokena Elementary Mokena 2nd ELC 0.10 oz.
5/27/2010 Willow School Homewood 1st PCNC 0.62 oz.
5/26/2010 Mokena Elementary Mokena 2nd ELC 0.49 oz.
5/26/2010 Willow School Homewood 1st PCNC 0.63 oz.
5/25/2010 Mokena Elementary Mokena 2nd ELC 0.55 oz.
5/25/2010 Southwest Chicago Christian Tinley Park 2nd PCNC 0.74 oz.
5/21/2010 Mokena Elementary Mokena 1st PCNC 0.76 oz.
5/21/2010 Mokena Elementary Mokena 2nd ELC 0.07 oz.
5/20/2010 Mokena Elementary Mokena 1st PCNC 0.48 oz.
5/19/2010 Mokena Elementary Mokena 1st PCNC 0.54 oz.
5/18/2010 Elwood School Elwood 1st PCNC 0.60 oz.
5/14/2010 Coretta Scott King University Park 2nd PCNC 0.81 oz.
5/14/2010 Incarnation Palos Heights 2nd PCNC 0.27 oz.
5/13/2010 Oak Glen School Lansing 1st PCNC 0.78 oz.
5/12/2010 Grand Prairie Elementary Joliet 4th ICM 0.24 oz.
5/12/2010 Kelvin Grove Middle School Lockport 7th ELC 0.55 oz.
5/11/2010 Monee Elementary Monee 3rd PCNC 1.50 oz.
5/7/2010 Chelsea Intermediate School Frankfort 5th ICM 0.82 oz.
5/7/2010 Coal City Elementary Coal City 2nd PCNC 0.46 oz.
5/6/2010 Chelsea Intermediate School Frankfort 5th ICM 0.36 oz.
5/6/2010 Coal City Elementary Coal City 2nd PCNC 1.03 oz.
5/6/2010 John C. Dore Elementary Chicago 4th ELC 0.88 oz.
5/5/2010 Chelsea Intermediate School Frankfort 5th ICM 1.025 oz.
5/5/2010 Memorial Junior High Lansing 6th-8th PCNC 0.48 oz.
5/5/2010 Romeoville High School Romeoville 12th ELC 0.31 oz.
5/4/2010 Chelsea Intermediate School Frankfort 5th ICM 0.96 oz.
4/30/2010 Forest Park IE School Joliet 5th ELC 1.0 oz.
4/30/2010 Reavis School Lansing 2nd-5th PCNC 0.024 oz.
4/30/2010 Thompson Instructional Center Joliet 5th-8th PCNC 0.11 oz.
4/29/2010 Brookwood Middle School Glenwood 5th PCNC 0.42 oz.
4/29/2010 Lincoln School Calumet City 1st-5th PCNC 1.64 oz.
4/29/2010 St. Cyril's Lemont 6th ELC 1.0 oz.
4/28/2010 Brookwood Middle School Glenwood 5th PCNC 1.25 oz.
4/28/2010 Central Elementary Plainfield 4th ICM 0.28 oz.
4/27/2010 Serena Hills Elementary Chicago Heights 4th ICM 1.72 oz.
4/27/2010 Thompson Instructional Center Joliet 3rd-6th ELC 1.7 oz.
4/22/2010 Oak Glen Lansing 3rd & 5th PCNC 0.56 oz.
4/22/2010 St. Joseph Lockport 6th-7th ELC 0.16 oz.
4/21/2010 Coolidge Elementary Lansing 3rd & 5th PCNC 0.36 oz.
4/20/2010 Beiriger School Griffith, IN 5th PCNC 0.86 oz.
4/15/2010 Thompson Instructional Center Joliet 2nd-6th PCNC 1.83 oz.
4/14/2010 Edison Regional Gifted School Chicago 3rd-5th ICM 0.6 oz.
4/13/2010 Indian Trail School Downers Grove 4th ICM 0.64 oz.
4/13/2010 Thompson Instructional Center Joliet 6th-8th ELC 3.7 oz.
4/6/2010 Navajo Heights Palos Heights 5th ELC 1.23 oz.
 
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