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Miami-Dade Schools 'Share Table' Has Students Coming Together To Fight Climate Change

By keeping edible food out of landfills, where it creates methane gas, the students are helping curb climate change.

(CBS Miami)

April 18, 2024

MIAMI - The Environmental Protection Agency has named food waste the number one cause of climate change. This has Miami-Dade students coming to the table with a solution that makes Miami Proud.

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Instead of tossing unwanted food in trash bins, Miami-Dade students donate their unwrapped lunch items in the school cafeteria and make them available to other students who can eat them for free.

"It's called a share table. So we're sharing with others," said JC Bermudez Doral Senior High School senior Giancarlo Da Motta. The program was launched at his school.

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