The South Hadley High School in South Hadley, MA will be the recipient of 5 percent of the sales from Jan. 15 of Whole Foods Market for the composting program at the high school.
The money will allow the school to keep its program running in the coming year as well as seed money for 2009, stated Ann M. Walsh-Sullivan, marketing team leader for the Hadley Whole Foods.
South Hadley’s program has a 98 percent compliance from the student body, and diverts 75 percent of the high school cafeteria’s garbage from the town landfill. 35 percent is composted and taken to Martin’s Farm in Greenfield, MA, while forty percent of the waste is recycled.
South Hadley High School student Abbe Hamilton launched the program, with the State Department of Environmental Protection providing funding last year.
Hamilton was in touch with Whole Foods earlier this fall, when Walsh-Sullivan suggested Whole Foods donation. Whole Foods Markets designates several days a year for donating proceeds to benefit regional causes.
“This groundbreaking school program is the progressive thinking needed for green initiatives,” Walsh-Sullivan commented.. “Abbe Hamilton is doing such an amazing thing.”
Students from South Hadley High School and state Department of Environmental Protection employees will be present at the market along Route 9 in Hadley the week of Jan. 7 to educate shoppers about the program.
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