As a part of CVSan’s Green Ribbon Schools Program, on Friday, November 18^th, Palomares Elementary School completed the first waste audit of the school year.  CVSan Staff and the Palomares team of 10 students and 1 parent volunteer had a great time sorting through 1 day’s worth of garbage from the school to see what could actually have been placed in the recycling or organics carts. 

In this great learning experience, students found that out of 33 gallons of garbage from the day before, only 36% was actually garbage and therefore a total of 64% could have gone in the recycling or organics cart.  This represented a significant improvement from last year’s audit done by Palomares students which found that 83% could have gone in the recycling or organics cart.  Nice job Palomares Elementary for continuing to reduce your waste at school and keep up the good work!