School Incentives
- Free hauling and tipping fees for the school until the end of the school year—supported by the NVCP grant as well as the Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District or the Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District.
- During the incentive period The Highfields Institute, and the regional solid waste management district, will work with the school to renegotiate its trash contract. In preparation for negotiations we will track the volume of food scraps your school is diverting and create a waste management cost assessment.
After the incentive period is over program fees are:
- $2.00 per tote
- $5.00 every time the truck stops at the school
- $30.00 per ton tipping fee at the composting site ($ 3.30 per tote—each tote generally weighs 220 pounds) The Tipping fee will be prorated for half full totes.
Additional incentives provided to the school for FREE:
- Sturdy 48 gallon totes with lids and wheels for storage of food scraps
- Cleaning of totes
- Square 4 gallon buckets for collection of food scraps
- A sturdy garden cart with pneumatic tires for transportation of the 4 gallon buckets
- Instructional signage for kitchen staff explaining what can and can not be put in compost buckets
- Student friendly instructional signage for the cafeteria depicting what can and can not be put in compost bins
- Trainings for kitchen and maintenance staff
- Presentations to all staff and school board
- Presentations to all students
- Promotion as a participant—press releases, ads in local publications
- Window stickers identifying the school as a program participant
- Certificates celebrating program participation and milestones in food scrap diversion
- Data collection on weight of food scraps diverted
- Waste management cost assessment
- Assistance renegotiating trash contract
- Ongoing support from the Waste Management District including trainings for new students and staff
- Help replacing equipment as needed
For more information, please call 472-5138
or email june@highfieldsinstitute.org
NVCP is funded by a generous USDA Rural Development Grant |