Monday 8 February 2016

FOOD WEIGHING IN VANTTILA SCHOOL 2016


FOOD WEIGHING IN VANTTILA SCHOOL 2016

Here are the results for the food weighing that was done last year:

2015
 students: 459
All the classes in total: 7,9 kilos.

The average amount waste per student:

17,2 grams
 
 

 


This year the food weighing was done on two different days and this time we did not weigh the amount of food waste for each class separately. The weighing was done at the end of the day, and the amount includes all of the students’ and the teachers’ left overs.

Students & staff: 500
On Monday, January 25th we had macaroni casserole and the waste amount was 7 kilos for the whole school.
On Tuesday, January 26th we had veggie paella and the waste amount was 18 kilos for the whole school which is more than double the amount than on Monday.

The average amount of waste per person:
Macaroni casserole: 14g

Veggie paella: 36g
Therefore the average amount of food waste was 25 grams per person.


In 2016 we didn’t tell the students we were going to weigh the food waste. Last year the students knew about the food weighing.

Final thoughts: Finnish students throw away lots of perfectly fine and edible food. Apparently students don’t really like vegetarian foods.

 Written by Atte, Oona R. and Elena
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TEACHER’S NOTE:
The staff of the school cafeteria were not very happy last year when we did the food weighing, because on that particular day the students did not take enough food, and at the end of the day there was a lot of left-over food that went into the garbage. The students probably didn’t want to take any food that would end up in the waste bin, so they ate much less than they normally would. Also, the class with the least amount of food waste won a prize.

So this time we teachers decided to keep the food weighing a secret, and did not tell anyone about it. We also wanted to compare the amount of waste on two different days to get a more realistic result, as the meals that were served were very different.

 

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