In school cafeterias, kids fight food waste problems
Third-graders Brooklynn Schaefer and Bella Neely place food waste into a composting bin while fourth-grader AJ Beaudion helps them by holding the lid. ISABELLA FIGUEROA NOGUEIRA/BRIDGE MICHIGAN
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Unlike most fourthgraders, AJ Beaudion likes to leave recess five minutes early.
It’s part of his job. At nine years old, Beaudion is the composting manager at Hayes Elementary School in Livonia. His responsibilities include arriving on time during kindergarten through fourth-grade lunch time to help sort the food waste, stacking compostable trays and placing them into bins destined for an o…
