Handbook for schools on organic waste management

Table of Contents
1 •INTRODUCTION • 7
1.1 • WHAT DOES IT MEAN BY “ORGANIC WASTE”? • 8
2 • EDUCATION ON WASTE MANAGEMENT IN SCHOOLS • 9
2.1 • SEPARATE COLLECTION OF MSW AND COMPOSTING • 9
2.2 • LINKING WITH OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES • 10
2.3 • REACHING BEYOND STUDENTS • 11
3 • THE SCHOOLS OF SAO PAULO AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ORGANIC WASTE
DIVERSION AND SLCPS MITIGATION • 13
3.1 • HOW MUCH ORGANIC WASTE IS GENERATED IN SCHOOLS? • 13
3.2 • HOW MANY SCHOOLS CAN BE POTENTIALLY INVOLVED IN DIVERSION
INITIATIVES IN SAO PAULO? • 15
3.3 • WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF ORGANIC WASTE DIVERSION AND
SLCPS MITIGATION? • 16
4 • HOW TO SORT ORGANIC WASTE AT SCHOOL • 19
4.1 • WHAT TYPES OF ORGANIC WASTE IS PRODUCED IN A SCHOOL? • 19
4.2 • WHICH TYPES OF ORGANIC WASTE CAN BE SORTED FOR COMPOSTING AT
SCHOOL? • 20
4.3 • HOW TO SORT GARDEN AND FOOD WASTE AT SCHOOL • 21
5 • UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF ORGANIC WASTE RECYCLING • 23
5.1 • HOW CAN WE RECYCLE ORGANIC WASTE AT SCHOOL? • 23
5.2 • HOW DOES AEROBIC COMPOSTING WORK? • 24
5.3 • HOW DOES VERMICOMPOSTING WORK? • 26
5.4 • WHAT IS COMPOST AND HOW CAN WE USE IT? • 27
6 • HOW TO PRACTICE COMPOSTING AT SCHOOL • 29
6.1 • HOW TO SET UP COMPOSTING AT SCHOOL • 29