. >> the trash cans at the anne hutchinson school were once overflowing with all types of garbage. >> we noticed kids walking up to the garbage cans, dumping their chocolate milk in the garbage can, throwing the carton out, throwing all foods, all soft plastics -- everything was going in the garbage. >> not only was it wasteful, it was ending up in already-overcrowded landfills. and adding insult to injury, all that garbage was costing the school a lot of money to take away. then students heard that recycling could greatly reduce their lunchroom trash. >> recycling is not throwing out things that can be reused. >> like many of us, they had thought recycling was only for things like paper, plastic, and glass. then their teacher told them they could also recycle food through a process called composting. >> instead of having more garbage to send away, 'cause the landfills are gonna soon take over the earth, instead of doing that, you can just give it to the worms, and it soon decomposes, 'cause the worms eat it. >> wait. did she say worms? >> personally, i do not pick up any worms becaus