Sustainablillity News
End Of Term 3:
Congratulations SOC - another box of batteries sent for recycling.
Thank you to members of the SOC community for continuing to recycle your batteries. We have now sent TEN boxes of batteries for recycling.
Batteries are made of both valuable and hazardous materials. More than 95% of the materials in batteries can be recycled which ensures these materials are used again - often to make new batteries.
All batteries pose a potential hazard. They contain harmful substances including mercury, cadmium, and lead. These chemicals can be dangerous if they are mixed with other types of waste in garbage or recycling bins and can cause fires. When batteries are sent to landfill the toxic chemicals inside them leak into the soil and waterways, threatening wildlife and human health.
Thank you, SOC for making a difference and helping our planet.
Please recycle your batteries in the Close the Loop recycling box outside reception.
The Green Team – Collection of bread tags, term 3 2025
Throughout the term SOC students and staff have been bringing bread tags for recycling.
The term 3 results for the bread tag competition are as follows:
1st – Waratah (192g)
2nd - Banksia (46g)
3rd - Acacia (25g)
4th - Grevillea (14g)
Congratulations Waratah on a resounding win!
These tags have been collected by The Green Team and weighed, sorted by colour, then shipped to the organization Aussie bread tags for wheelchairs.
The bread tags are recycled locally into ceramics and the proceeds from sales used to raise funds to buy wheelchairs for vulnerable people, mainly in South Africa.
To date, Aussie bread tags for wheelchairs have purchased 147 wheelchairs. The Green Team is proud to not only assist the environment by removing plastic but also delighted to support the purchase of wheelchairs for disadvantaged people.
The Green Team (Sustainability club) – shrub planting
On a sunny late autumn day members of the The Green Team planted a variety of shrubs adjacent to the technology buildings.
Students were engaged with every aspect of the panting: digging the space, separating the roots of pot-bound plants, fertilizing the hole, planting the shrub, then watering the plant. As the soil was rock-hard the students used a machine to loosen it before planting.
We look forward to watching our shrubs grow over the coming months.
This planting will not only beautify our school but also help mitigate some of the destructive effects of rising temperatures and climate change.
Alison Jones
The Green Team Co-ordinator.