What is Nude Food?
Nude Food is food without excess packaging. This reduces the amount of 'stuff' that needs to go in bins to be sent to landfill. Durable, reusable containers are a great way to bring food, as they may last from pre-school through to high school and beyond, providing long term cost savings and environmental benefits.
Nude Food steps for schools - 7 steps to implementing Nude Food days at your school, with suggested activities for students and gaining parent involvement.
Nude Food is food without excess packaging. This reduces the amount of 'stuff' that needs to go in bins to be sent to landfill. Durable, reusable containers are a great way to bring food, as they may last from pre-school through to high school and beyond, providing long term cost savings and environmental benefits.
Nude Food steps for schools - 7 steps to implementing Nude Food days at your school, with suggested activities for students and gaining parent involvement.
Nude Food RecipesWhy not try making your own healthy and easy alternatives to snacks? This makes a great weekend/ rainy day activity to the your kids involved and learning about the kitchen!
Apricot oat bars Banana bread Muesli bars Pizza muffins Whole-grain fruit filled bars These recipes were developed for a Natural Resource Management Education and Wipe Out Waste Workshop, July 2016 |
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WOW or Nude Food Lunchbox Stickers
FREE WOW lunchbox stickers are a great way to remind families of your sites regular nude food day - for some sites this is everyday!
Lunchbox stickers checklist - filled out by your site and sent to WOW. We will arrange for delivery of stickers (usually via DECD courier).
WOW is a South Australian program, but non South Australian sites can purchase stickers.
Lunchbox stickers checklist - filled out by your site and sent to WOW. We will arrange for delivery of stickers (usually via DECD courier).
WOW is a South Australian program, but non South Australian sites can purchase stickers.
- Your site must provide a Purchase Order number when ordering (speak to your finance officer/bursar)
- $130 for one roll of 500 (perforated) 80mm diameter stickers. $250 for two rolls, or larger quantities can be costed. This includes GST and postage/handling.
Nude Food resources for families
Family Lunchbox Survey
This survey is to gather information from families about their thoughts and behaviours around children's lunchboxes. Sites can encourage families to fill in the survey, results will be sent to WOW and we can send data from your site on to you. This survey is available online at - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HHQWN25
'Nude Food info for families' explains what Nude Food is and how parents can help their students pack Nude Food lunchboxes.
WOW has developed resources for families with information about Nude Food. These have been uploaded as an image and a PDF version.
A DL flyer that can be used as a reminder for families fridges.
DL flyer as image DL flyer as PDF
A ‘How to pack waste free food’ flyer that could be used as an image in a newsletter or as an information flyer.
Waste free food as image Waste free food as PDF
A powerpoint presentation available on the website that highlights various issues to families such as; schools bin audit data, packaging at school, uneaten food, and nude food.
Powerpoint presentation for families
If your site has a breakfast club, we have a flyer with ways that Breakfast Clubs can reduce what they send to landfill.
DL flyer for Breakfast Club
If families are looking for reusable container options to purchase there is a list provided below.
Reusable containers
This survey is to gather information from families about their thoughts and behaviours around children's lunchboxes. Sites can encourage families to fill in the survey, results will be sent to WOW and we can send data from your site on to you. This survey is available online at - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HHQWN25
'Nude Food info for families' explains what Nude Food is and how parents can help their students pack Nude Food lunchboxes.
WOW has developed resources for families with information about Nude Food. These have been uploaded as an image and a PDF version.
A DL flyer that can be used as a reminder for families fridges.
DL flyer as image DL flyer as PDF
A ‘How to pack waste free food’ flyer that could be used as an image in a newsletter or as an information flyer.
Waste free food as image Waste free food as PDF
A powerpoint presentation available on the website that highlights various issues to families such as; schools bin audit data, packaging at school, uneaten food, and nude food.
Powerpoint presentation for families
If your site has a breakfast club, we have a flyer with ways that Breakfast Clubs can reduce what they send to landfill.
DL flyer for Breakfast Club
If families are looking for reusable container options to purchase there is a list provided below.
Reusable containers
Nude Food activities
Less to Landfill Challenge
The challenge is to reduce the material that a class sends to landfill each day to one mini wheelie bin (300ml) or less! (It can be done). It may be one class at your site or several. Fore more information visit the Less to Landfill page.
Conduct a pre-challenge bin audit
Choose a day before starting the Nude Food challenge, and ask your students to keep their packaging from recess and lunch. Use the Wipe out Waste DIY audit kit to audit the packaging into different categories. Keep a tally of the number of items collected. Students could also take photos as a visual representation, and take comparison photos of food choices and packaging on Nude Food days.
A Tale of Two Lunchboxes
This resource aims to develop students’ knowledge and understanding of Nude Food. Students consider their packaging choices, and how these impact on the environment. By investigating how packaging can be reduced, students are able to assess their own actions and decisions when packing their lunchbox.
A Tale of Two Lunchboxes resource
The Yoghurt Challenge
In recent years the variety of smaller packaged dairy products for younger consumers has increased dramatically, with no signs of slowing. If your community is keen for yoghurt - consider a yoghurt ‘levy’ option, or make your own yoghurt on site. We’ve provided an example below to outline how a yoghurt levy can look. This can save families considerable $$, make money for the site, reduce waste disposal costs, reduce odours and teach students valuable skills.
Early Years yoghurt options
Nude Food
Discuss Nude Food at school/preschool with students and have them discuss how they could bring food with less packaging. Students can draw items in lunchboxes. The following pages provide discussion ideas and templates.
Middle Years Favourite Foods Healthy Lunchbox Challenge
Early - Middle Years Healthy Lunchbox Activity
Early Years Healthy Lunchbox activity
Compare packaging for bulk buy versus single serve foods
Compare prices of buying in bulk versus buying a single serve packs. Students can investigate the extra packaging created from single serve packs and hidden costs associated with these.
Discuss what packaging can be recycled
Discuss packaging materials that can/can not be recycled in the home and school setting. What packaging options can be recycled? Discuss how much extra packaging is created by purchasing a single serve pack, as opposed to buying in bulk and decanting smaller serves into a reusable container.
Waste free canteen/OSHC/Breakfast Club menu
Investigate the canteen menu and the packaging used when selling recess and lunch items. Brainstorm and develop some strategies to reduce or recycle this packaging. Look at systems available on site, which may allow recycling of some packaging, or students could bring reusable containers from home, or have class sets of reusable crockery/cutlery, that they can collect canteen/OSHC/Breakfast Club food on. Perhaps an organics bin, composting system or worm farm could be made available for food scraps.
Write a newsletter article, poster, assembly item
Students report on their audit findings and experiences of having Nude Food days and share these with the local community. Visual aids could also be produced to put in newsletters or pin up around the school, encouraging other classes to have a regular Nude Food day.
WOW Sample letter for Parents re: Waste less or Nude Food days
School Sample letter for Parents re: Waste less or Nude Food Days
The challenge is to reduce the material that a class sends to landfill each day to one mini wheelie bin (300ml) or less! (It can be done). It may be one class at your site or several. Fore more information visit the Less to Landfill page.
Conduct a pre-challenge bin audit
Choose a day before starting the Nude Food challenge, and ask your students to keep their packaging from recess and lunch. Use the Wipe out Waste DIY audit kit to audit the packaging into different categories. Keep a tally of the number of items collected. Students could also take photos as a visual representation, and take comparison photos of food choices and packaging on Nude Food days.
A Tale of Two Lunchboxes
This resource aims to develop students’ knowledge and understanding of Nude Food. Students consider their packaging choices, and how these impact on the environment. By investigating how packaging can be reduced, students are able to assess their own actions and decisions when packing their lunchbox.
A Tale of Two Lunchboxes resource
The Yoghurt Challenge
In recent years the variety of smaller packaged dairy products for younger consumers has increased dramatically, with no signs of slowing. If your community is keen for yoghurt - consider a yoghurt ‘levy’ option, or make your own yoghurt on site. We’ve provided an example below to outline how a yoghurt levy can look. This can save families considerable $$, make money for the site, reduce waste disposal costs, reduce odours and teach students valuable skills.
Early Years yoghurt options
Nude Food
Discuss Nude Food at school/preschool with students and have them discuss how they could bring food with less packaging. Students can draw items in lunchboxes. The following pages provide discussion ideas and templates.
Middle Years Favourite Foods Healthy Lunchbox Challenge
Early - Middle Years Healthy Lunchbox Activity
Early Years Healthy Lunchbox activity
Compare packaging for bulk buy versus single serve foods
Compare prices of buying in bulk versus buying a single serve packs. Students can investigate the extra packaging created from single serve packs and hidden costs associated with these.
Discuss what packaging can be recycled
Discuss packaging materials that can/can not be recycled in the home and school setting. What packaging options can be recycled? Discuss how much extra packaging is created by purchasing a single serve pack, as opposed to buying in bulk and decanting smaller serves into a reusable container.
Waste free canteen/OSHC/Breakfast Club menu
Investigate the canteen menu and the packaging used when selling recess and lunch items. Brainstorm and develop some strategies to reduce or recycle this packaging. Look at systems available on site, which may allow recycling of some packaging, or students could bring reusable containers from home, or have class sets of reusable crockery/cutlery, that they can collect canteen/OSHC/Breakfast Club food on. Perhaps an organics bin, composting system or worm farm could be made available for food scraps.
Write a newsletter article, poster, assembly item
Students report on their audit findings and experiences of having Nude Food days and share these with the local community. Visual aids could also be produced to put in newsletters or pin up around the school, encouraging other classes to have a regular Nude Food day.
WOW Sample letter for Parents re: Waste less or Nude Food days
School Sample letter for Parents re: Waste less or Nude Food Days
