Waste and recycling

Reducing waste and keeping rubbish out of landfill helps protect our planet. Students learn about the waste hierarchy and simple ways to reduce, reuse and recycle at school, so they can make a real difference every day.

  • Suitable for Stage 1, 2 and 3 students.
  • Cost = $3 per child (contribution is held by the school to be used for other environmental activities – for example plants, food scrap buckets).
  • 45-minute incursion delivered by EnviroMentors (Keep Australia Beautiful NSW)
  • Select 1 module.
 Module  Activity
In the bin

What goes in which bin? Students learn the appropriate and safe bin to place waste items in, and what happens to their waste depending on where it goes - to landfill, a recycling centre or to be turned into compost. Tricky waste like e-waste and fast fashion may be discussed, emphasising the importance of diverting waste from landfill. 

Recycling

Refusing, reducing, repurposing, reusing and recycling! The transition to a circular economy is broken down and applied to the local scale including the meaning and benefits of recycling, different recyclable materials, how to recycle correctly, and the creation of recycled products. 

Lunches unwrapped

Students recap the fate of their waste depending on where it goes - to a landfill, recycling centre or turned into compost. They localise the importance of diverting waste from landfill to their school grounds through the concept of low-waste 'Nude Food' lunches, exploring ways to reduce food and single-use plastic waste in their everyday lives.
School waste audit

A selected class or student committee will complete a waste audit of school bins to assess what is being sent to landfill from your school and guide students to address the issue.

 

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