WISCASSET — Chewonki and Poland Spring are putting on the second annual Zero Waste Challenge.
The contest challenges Maine middle-school students to develop and submit plans to help their schools save money and resources by reducing their waste streams.
In February, $3,500 will be awarded to the winners. Plan submissions, due in January, involve completing a school waste assessment; following waste reduction steps; proposing specific ways their school can move toward Zero Waste; and putting it all together in a plan.
“The Zero Waste poster project has catalyzed triple bottom line thinking at Chewonki and we hope it does throughout Maine,” said Willard Morgan, Chewonki’s president. “Zero waste has environmental, financial and social benefits.”
For more information, visit www.chewonki.org/pathways.
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