学校給食の残滓

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Although environment-related lessons are held in home economics, science, and social studies, school lunches have only been discussed for their nutritional value and social development, and not from the environmental point of view. However, the waste food from school lunches could be the most relevant to pupils for their environmental education. This study quantitatively analyzed the waste food from school lunches by measuring its weight at all compulsory education schools in Gifu City for 20 days during June 2006. The quantity of waste produced was in proportion to the number of pupils at the school, this relationship being seen in the total waste from the whole lunch, from each menu, from each dish, and in the staple contents. A large amount of food was wasted in Japanese-style dishes, especially when soybeans were used. However, a large difference among schools in the amount of waste per pupil was apparent which might be related to the activities at each school.
2008-08-15