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Why should your school participate in the Waste-Free Lunch Challenge? The Waste-Free Lunch Challenge is an easy way to inspire your students and school community to implement the 3Rs – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. The program also provides opportunities to: 1. Achieve learning outcomes in subject areas including Mathematics, Science and Technology and Social Studies; 2. Connect with your local community by involving parents, guardians and community groups in WFLC activities; 3. Increased awareness of packaging and waste reduction opportunities in your school; 4. Reduce waste generation from school lunches and take a step towards long term cost-savings for waste management; 5. Beautify your school by reducing litter; 6. Be part of an Ontario-wide environmental initiative and make waste reduction a ‘skill for life’, and 7. A chance to win $1,000 for your school environmental projects and additional prizes for participating students (Now open to all Ontario elementary schools). Win $1,000 for your school! 6 What can your school win? Prizes will be awarded to the 12 Top classrooms/schools that are the most successful in reducing the amount of waste generated from their school lunches. Cash prizes will be awarded to classrooms/schools in the following categories: • Waste-Free Lunch Stars : Grand Prize ($1000.00), 5 Honourable Mentions ($100.00 each) • Waste-Free Lunch Leaders : One Grand Prize ($1000.00), 5 Honourable Mentions ($100.00 each) Schools will self-categorize based on their current waste reduction policies and practices. Participating students/classrooms/schools that submit a final entry form in the Waste-Free Lunch Challenge will be eligible for prizes that will support their waste reduction efforts.
Who can participate? All schools (elementary, secondary, and post-secondary institutions) are welcome to register and participate. Schools outside of Ontario are encouraged to registered and submit their waste reduction results. Only Ontario elementary schools (jk-8) are eligible to win prizes. When is the Challenge taking place? The Waste-Free Lunch Challenge will be happening from October 15-19, 2012 as part of Waste Reduction Week in Canada. Here are the key dates for your agenda: Important Date August 27, 2012 October 12, 2012 (11:59pm) October 12, 2012 October 15 - 19, 2012 November 2, 2012 (11:59pm) November 9, 2012 (11:59pm) December 5, 2012 Activity Classroom/School registrations open Registrations close Normal Day Waste Audit Waste-Free Lunch Challenge Early Bird Deadline for WFLC Entries Close (Final Deadline for submission) Winners and Results to be announced on or after this date 7 What is the early bird Deadline? The early bird deadline is one week earlier than the final deadline to submit your WFLC results. Classrooms or schools that submit their results by the Early Bird Deadline will be entered in a draw. The winning school will win a MAC Laptop!
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