Since dd1 has gone into year 1 she has been coming back from school with her lunchbox full of bread crusts, apple cores and mostly empty but slightly leaking drinks cartons. When I asked her why she wasn't putting her rubbish in the bin she explained that the teachers make them bring it home so it won't make the classroom smell. I put a note in her homework book to ask the teacher to let her throw away her empty drinks containers as they were leaking and the teacher has said that they tell the children to empty any drink before putting the carton back in their lunch box so once again dd brought home a sticky carton, apple core etc.
My question is is it unreasonable to expect children to be allowed to throw rubbish away so that their poor mums and dads aren't faced with a load of stinky food and drink when they open thier lunch boxes? And if not what should I do now?