Food Waste Project
In June 2024, TCAGI board member Jack Hunzinger and founder Sophie Kim collaborated to host a food waste audit on the campus of their high school. They recruited a total of 18 volunteers, collected & analyzed 21 trash bags, and found 257 completely untouched fruits. The site at which the food waste audit was conducted, Huntington Beach High School, is composed of over 2,000 students and serves about 850 meals to its students on any given day.
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Building off of their findings, the pair is currently working on a report and video essay to present to district leaders in the Fall with recommendations regarding how the school can limit food waste in the future.
~850
free meals served at HBHS daily.
257
completely untouched fruits found & sorted.
18
volunteers recruited for the food waste audit.
21
trash bags collected and analyzed in total.
27.3
pounds of plastic waste collected.
recommended resource:
a vox video on food waste
This video served as the inspiration for our project and is incredibly eye-opening to the issue of food waste as a whole!