Towards ZERO Waste
As you will all be aware, Central Otago District Council will be changing to fortnightly
rubbish collection from 1 July 2014. Our
school has been part of a ‘Gearing Up for Change’ initiative lead by Central Otago
Enviroschools. As part of this
initiative all classes have been looking at ways that we can reduce, reuse and
recycle in order to minimise our school waste.
Food wrappers,
yoghurt containers, and lunch scraps account for a large
percentage of our school waste, and litter is still an issue in the playground.
Our school has decided that from the beginning of term two we will
become a ‘Wrapper Free School’,
in order to reduce some of our school waste and address the litter
problem.
We are asking
that families remove all wrappers from muesli bars etc, before they go into lunch boxes. Please use either reusable bags or containers for sandwiches,
chips, popcorn and snack foods.
Next term the Enviroschool group will be monitoring how much rubbish we put out each fortnight. We are hoping that we can also reduce the number of rubbish bins we currently have.
It's a huge challenge, but .....
together we can make a difference.
