Litter–Free Lunch
Did you pack a litter & waste-free lunch?
Name________________________________
Class____________________
Use this worksheet to compare which items in your lunch you were able to reduce,
reuse, compost or landfill.
The goal is to have the majority of the leftover items from your lunch in the first three
columns and have as few items as possible in the waste column.
Before litter-free lunch day
Day
Reusables g
Recyclables
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Totals
Litter-free lunch week
Day
Reusables g
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Totals
Recyclables
g
Compostables
g
Waste
g
g
Compostables
g
Waste
g
Did you pack less waste?
Compare your findings from your lunch before and after.
In one day, how much waste in weight did the class produce at lunchtime?
Answer_______
After one week, how much waste in weight would you avoid if all pupils
packed a waste free lunch each day?
Answer_______ (Multiply the weight of one day by the number of days you
attend school in a week).
There are 36 weeks in your school year. How much waste in weight would
you avoid if you packed a waste free lunch every day?
Answer_______
How many black sacks of rubbish are generated each day at lunchtime?
Answer_______
How many black sacks would then be generated throughout the school year?
(Based on 36 weeks).
Answer_______
Waste Free Lunch Menu
Example
Item
Packaging
Tuna Sandwich
Orange
Apple juice
Carrot sticks
Lunchbox
Own skin
Carton
Lunchbox
Re-use, Recycle or
Compost?
Re-use
Compost
Recycle
Re-use
Monday
Item
Packaging
Re-use, Recycle or
Compost?
Item
Packaging
Re-use, Recycle or
Compost?
Item
Packaging
Re-use, Recycle or
Compost?
Item
Packaging
Re-use, Recycle or
Compost?
Item
Packaging
Re-use, Recycle or
Compost?
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday