Well what a shock we experienced when we started digging through our rubbish! So many uneaten sandwiches, hundreds of plastic packets and plenty of brown-paper tuckshop bags all destined for landfill. We scratched our heads at some of the food waste we found, as currently our great school has an awesome worm farm in which specific fruit and vegetable scraps are thrown, but it was obvious from our rubbish sort that a few kids are being lazy or forgetful.

We can’t blame the students for all our rubbish woes, as when we looked around there really were no easily accessible recycling bins in their eating areas for the paper bags to go. We also know, that parents usually pack most children’s lunches. Perhaps they don’t fully understand the problems that plastic waste can cause.

With all this in mind, we have begun a journey, as Eco Warriors. We want to educate our peers on the dangers of plastic and give them alternatives to use in their lunch boxes. So, busy as bees we have been making an alternative to clingwrap, i.e. beeswax wraps and taking them home to our parents.

We will also be providing clearly labelled recycling bins at each eating area. We don’t want our friends to have any excuse when it comes to recycling. Many of our parents are also volunteering to join a roster to empty out new soft plastic recycling bins.

These are just a few of the actions we are undertaking towards creating a cleaner, more sustainable school. Those actions were possible thanks to the LLC grant that has helped pay for all our beeswax wraps materials.

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