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| Keen volunteers |
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| The waste audit team with Miss Dryland |
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| Sorting the rubbish into different types |
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| The staffroom rubbish bin contained lots of compostable items. |
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| Some of the items rescued from landfill |
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| Plastic had been thrown into the paper bins! |
The wastechecking team presented their findings at assembly, with photos of all the rubbish that our school could produce in only one day.
There were a few surprising results:
We seem to use a LOT of foods that come in small plastic packets.
We throw compostable items like food, and tissues, into the paper recycling bins! Ugh!
We also manage to put a lot of food into the rubbish, rather than EATING it or taking it home.
This information will help us decide what to do next about reducing our waste. For example, we are looking at adding recycling bins for plastics, rather than sending them to the landfill.
Many thanks to Miss Dryland and the waste audit team for all their hard work - and their skills at statistics and data collection.
