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Pack A Waste-Free Lunch

Learn how to be waste-free! EPA developed the Waste-Free Lunch activities to help students learn how to reduce, reuse, and recycle items in their school lunches. Use the materials below to get your classmates interested in a waste-free lunch day at your school.

Check out other resources for students and teachers on reducing, reusing and recycling.

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