Eco Club

Welcome back to term 3! We hope you have been getting stuck into the nude food challenge we set you. We thought we would share with you some reasons why we think nude food is so important. 

Why bring nude food?

Reduce Landfill:

Australia is the second highest producer of waste per person in the western world! School lunches are contributing to this, with the average lunch-toting child generating around 30kg of litter a year. You can do your bit to reduce this by packing a school lunch without including any unnecessary packaging, yoghurt suckers, small tubs, zip-lock bags, paper bags or cling wrap.

By reducing the amount of excess packaging this will reduce the amount of waste that needs to go in bins to be sent to landfill.

Save Money:

Avoiding pre-packaged foods and buying foods in bulk can save time and money. Even better, a home-made carrot and apple muffin/frittata/muesli slice will have a much greater nutrient value AND you can control the amount of sugar used, avoiding preservatives and additives completely.

By making your own lunchbox goodies, you can then purchase the raw ingredients in bulk too – instead of buying a 6 pack of yoghurts, purchase a large tub and make up individual, leak proof containers for lunch.

Improve Your Child’s Nutrition:

With a third of children’s daily diet being consumed at pre-school, the food in their lunch box needs to provide optimal nutrition, laying the foundation for a lifetime of good eating and good health.

Creating waste free snacks and lunches reduces the consumption of packaged, processed foods and increases the intake of fresh, whole foods. Compared to fresh foods, pre-packaged food often contains more kilojoules, fat, salt and sugar. Avoiding those quick, pre-packaged snacks reduces waste and ensures better nutrition for your child.

Join millions of people reducing their plastic waste.

Plastic Free July® is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution – so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities. Will you be part of Plastic Free July by choosing to refuse single-use plastics?

Our challenge to you this week is to 'Say NO to Straws'

Let's start it off easy - just say no to straws. 

For most people, straws are unnecessary. They're small pieces of plastic that we don't often think about. Straws are too small to be recycled, and they're very light weight so it's so easy for them to be blown about and land in waterways. 

Here's the challenge: Next time you're at a restaurant or cafe, order your drink without a straw.