Sustainablillity News

EndOf Term 4:

The Green Team – Collection of bread tags

Congratulations SOC on collecting 7.54kg bread tags!

These tags have been weighed, sorted by colour, and 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 159 wheelchairs. The Green Team is proud to not only enhance our environment by removing plastic but we are also delighted to support the purchase of wheelchairs for disadvantaged people.

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 ELEVEN 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 (Sustainability club) – shrub planting

On a warm spring day during term 4, members of the The Green Team planted a variety of shrubs adjacent to the DLC centre.

Students worked co-operatively together and were engaged with every aspect of the panting: digging the space using a special ‘drill’, separating the roots of pot-bound plants, fertilizing the hole, planting the shrub, then watering the plant. We look forward to watching our shrubs grow over the coming months.

This planting will not only beautify our school but will help mitigate some of the destructive effects of rising temperatures and climate change.

Alison Jones

The Green Team Co-ordinator.

Sustainable School Shop

Second-hand Textbooks and Uniforms📚 🎻 ⛹🏻‍♀️

We have partnered with Sustainable School Shop to provide families access to second-hand textbooks, uniforms, calculators, musical instruments, sports gear and much more!

Sustainable School Shop have preloaded items specific to our school onto their site. This makes it super easy to list your items for sale and to buy items.

👉🏼 See all the second-hand uniform items for sale here: https://www.sustainableschoolshop.com.au/stocktake/south-oakleigh-college

👉🏼 See all the second-hand textbooks for sale here: https://www.sustainableschoolshop.com.au/booklist/south-oakleigh-college

So jump onto the site, register and list your items for sale, you will be:

reusing items rather than adding to landfill
making money on items you sell
saving money on items you buy
providing another family in our school with cheaper items
helping to create a culture of contact amongst our school community families!

💻 Login or Register here: https://www.sustainableschoolshop.com.au

Second-hand Textbooks📚

We have partnered with Sustainable School Shop to provide families access to second-hand textbooks. 📚

Sustainable School Shop have preloaded items specific to our school onto their site. This makes it super easy to list your items for sale and to buy items.

👉🏼 See all the second-hand textbooks for sale here: https://www.sustainableschoolshop.com.au/booklist/south-oakleigh-college

recycling items – great for our environment
helping & meeting other families in our school
making and saving money by buying and selling

💻 Login or Register: https://www.sustainableschoolshop.com.au

Second-hand Uniforms

We have partnered with Sustainable School Shop to provide families access to second-hand uniforms including sports gear.

Sustainable School Shop have preloaded items specific to our school onto their site. This makes it super easy to list your items for sale and to buy items.

👉🏼 See all the second-hand uniform items for sale here: https://www.sustainableschoolshop.com.au/stocktake/south-oakleigh-college

recycling items – great for our environment
helping & meeting other families in our school
making and saving money by buying and selling

💻 Login or Register: https://www.sustainableschoolshop.com.au