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Pack A Waste-Free Lunch

Learn how to be waste-free! EPA developed the Waste-Free Lunch activities to help students learn how to reduce, reuse, and recycle items in their school lunches. Use the materials below to get your classmates interested in a waste-free lunch day at your school.

Check out other resources for students and teachers on reducing, reusing and recycling.

Advertise with the Waste-Free Lunch Flyer (pdf) (3.18 MB, December 2014, 530-H-05-002)
Tips to Make Today and Every Day a Waste-Free Lunch Day (pdf) (134.26 KB, September 2015)
Pack a Waste-Free and Healthy Lunch Menu Worksheet (pdf) (167.76 KB, September 2015)
Track Your Success: Did You Pack a Waste-Free Lunch? (pdf) (49.97 KB, September 2015)

Pack A Waste-Free Lunch

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