Environment News

MGC is Tackling its Problem with Waste

The changeover to non-disposable cutlery is going well and many students and staff are remembering to pack their own forks rather than hire a fork from the canteen. Please remember that when you hire forks, the $1 hire fee is refundable, even if you bring the fork back the next day or the day after! Thanks so much to our fabulous Canteen operators BOCCA and year 9 environmental crusaders Genevieve Castles-Krusec and Oceane Liddelow for their initiative and hard work in getting this program off the ground.

It has started a lot of conversations about how to avoid packaging in the first place and has led to a BYO reusable container option for students who wish to order their lunch order in a reusable container. Just make sure you bring a well labeled clean container early in the morning to the canteen and leave it with the staff to fill up for your lunch!

At assembly this week, the Environment Team mounted a war on waste, covering the gym floor with litter before the students came in to sit down to challenge them to consider why many students still leave litter lying on the ground when they return to class at the end of recess or lunch.

Documentaries like Australia’s War on Waste remind us of how big these problems are, but most importantly, also remind us that we are not powerless to address these problems. The MGC café and the Environment Team have worked collaboratively to make it easy for our community to make positive environmental decisions. It is up to all individuals in the community to make that a reality.