Students lead cafeteria composting effort

March 12—A group of environmentally conscious students at Woodcreek High School, in Roseville, Calif., has hoarded all the trash bins in their cafeteria.

They’ve corralled them against one wall so students eating lunch have no choice but to approach this area where they are met with another bin for vermicomposting.

On some days, the eco-friendly students act as garbage monitors, ensuring items get discarded in the appropriate bin.

These four students are part of the Woodcreek Nature Center located behind the campus and are leading an effort to compost all leftover organic food scraps from the cafeteria and turn them into soil. Vermicomposting is the decomposition of organic material with the help of worms, which accelerate the process.