Waste Audit Results In!

Last month 2K2 and 2K1 did a waste audit to see how much we throw away as a school every day.  We sorted through the contents of exactly the same 50 bins as other classes did last November, so we can analyse the difference.  The results are now in and the good news is the audits show that the amount of rubbish we throw away as a school is down by 13%!    The number of plastic bottles being thrown away is down an amazing 58%!   So congratulations to everyone who is using our red recycling bins for cans, bottles and cartons.   This is all good news for the environment as it means less rubbish is being thrown away and ending up in landfill sites. We still need to do more to reach our target of 25% reduction in the amount of waste we produce as a school.  The Eco Committee will be working on some ideas to make this happen. 

A graph by Louisa, Hannah and Robyn of 2K1 who analysed the results as part of a spreadsheet project in Computing, and then did presentations on the importance of recycling, particularly of electronic equipment.