This week we began collecting our brown hand towels for composting. The children are placing the used towels in a brown paper bag, which will also be composted. This greatly reduces the amount of trash we throw away each day. So, for a school of 40-50 children, we are throwing away about 3 small bags of diapers and a bag of miscellaneous kitchen trash on a daily basis. Most everything else is recycled or composted. Not bad, if we do say so ourselves! If you want to discuss composting at home, we've been explaining to the children that we'll be turning our brown towels into dirt!
