Rubbish Rebel Waste
Rubbish Rebels Champions!
Congratulations to 1E - Rubbish Rebels two weeks in a row. Grade 1 classes were top three for the past two weeks. The challenge is set for other year levels to beat the Grade 1’s at bringing zero rubbish in their lunch boxes.
EASTER EGG & BUNNY FOIL COMPETITION
Students have been hyped up on chocolate and a love of recycling over the past few months as our Easter egg & bunny foil competition took place.
Students have been eagerly awaiting the measurement results of our challenge and I am pleased to announce SD as the winners of the overall competition, only 2cm difference between 3B in second place. SD managed to create an Easter Egg foil ball 81cm in circumference! We estimate we have been able to divert 2 kilograms of aluminium foil waste from ending up in landfill. This can now be sent to a recycling facility to be turned into something useful.
Bread Bag Recycling
Our school is collecting bread bags to send off to Wonder Recycling Rewards. The more we collect the more points we earn for our school. Points = sports equipment. Bring your empty bread bags, no matter the brand to the Enviro Room.
We will be collecting from now until the end of August so we have PLENTY of time to earn plenty of points..
Oral Care Challenge
Exciting news! Our school has signed up for the Terracycle/ Colgate Community Garden challenge. This means, we need your used oral care packaging to earn us votes, the more product packages we collect the more votes we earn, the better our chances of winning a community garden!
It’s easy to get involved, simply bring ANY BRAND completed oral care products (image below) and we will collect them and send them away for recycling. Bring them to the Enviro room.
1 unit of oral care waste received for recycling = 10 Garden Points1 online vote = 1 Garden Point
To vote online for our school head to - https://www.terracycle.com/en-AU/contests/colgategardenonline-au
Dispose of toxic household itemsHighly toxic items, such as chemicals, should never be put in your rubbish bins or poured down the drain. You can drop off household chemicals at our free Detox Your Home events, held around Victoria.
Items acceptedItems that can be dropped off include: (many more on the website) * weed killers* cleaning products* cosmetics* cooking oil* fire extinguishers.
Upcoming events: You must register to attend via the website. SearchSustainability Victoria - Detox your home events. .Detox Your Home - SkyeSaturday 4 June 2022 8:00 am to 2:00 pm
Frankston Regional Recycling and Recovery Centre20 Harold Road, Skye, VIC 3977
Detox Your Home - Cranbourne Saturday 25 June 20228:00 am to 3:00 pm
Chisholm Cranbourne TAFE2 New Holland Drive, Cranbourne, VIC 3977
The maximum acceptable weight or size of a single container is 20 kilograms or 20 litres. Decanting is not permitted on site, so bring chemicals in disposable containers that you can leave with us. You must clearly and accurately label your items:Use original packaging if possible, if not, clearly write the contents using a permanent marker. If you are unsure of the contents, label them ‘unknown’.
On the day - There are signs to follow, stay in your car and the qualified chemists and trained staff will remove everything from your boot for you. Generally you wait less than 10 minutes.
Sock Box Collection
Classes should have received a sock box from their SEEC members to put your unwated clean socks in.