Sustainability

Clean Up Brentwood Day

The Brentwood Green Team participated in the Clean Up Brentwood Day on 5 March during period 4. The team managed to collect nearly 10 kgs of general waste and 4 kilos of recyclables from the college grounds and sent them to the respective bins. 

Most of the general waste included food wrapping and plastic snack packets. The team urges our community to consider bringing nude food to the college and prevent the soft plastics entering our waterways.

A huge Thank you to Mr COOPER and Mrs THAPLIYAL for volunteering their time to help us out with the clean-up.

Recycling @ Athletics Carnival

In addition to collecting empty aluminium cans and plastic bottles, the Green Team conducted the ‘Trash Toss’ fun game at the athletics carnival stall. House points were awarded for every recyclable returned and a free drink for every 10 empty recyclables. Many students and staff used this opportunity to boost their house points.

A total of 863 empty cans/bottles were brought to the Green Team stall. House points tally:

Coffee Cups Recycling

The 7-Eleven coffee cups recycling units have been launched at Brentwood. Students and staff can recycle the disposable paper cups, lids and straws using these units located in the general staff room, the house hub and the SLC kitchen.

Project Brentwoods

For the cost of a coffee, would you like to provide shelter for a koala and reduce 27 kgs of CO2 emissions?

Project Brentwoods is a new initiative from the Brentwood Green Team, aims to plant 500 trees in collaboration with 15 Trees (https://15trees.com.au/) for the Mornington Peninsula Koala Conservation group in July 2021. The proposed 500 trees will offset 13.5 tons of Brentwood’s emissions, replace the trees lost in recent bushfires and provide a habitat for our koalas. https://www.mpkoalas.org.au/projects/somers-koala-habitat-project-2021/

Learn more about Project Brentwoods from our video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsM6XgT8Buo

Project Brentwoods is estimated to cost $2500 for the purchase, planting, and maintenance of the 500 trees. The Brentwood Green Team is seeking your support to raise the much-needed funds. Each tree is $5. You may purchase multiple trees using the link or QR code below:

https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=735816&

Venkata Kalva

Teacher