Celebrating ‘Less Waste’ Day – the Irish story.

We had great fun celebrating our ‘less waste’ day. Reducing waste has been an ongoing theme in Saint Brigid’s for the last number of years.

We covered the following topics on what we do in the school to reduce waste:

  1. Green lunches (reusable lunch boxes and drinks bottles).
  2. Recycle Michael and Green Eileen.
  3. Green bins – we recycle paper, cardboard, plastic, stamps, batteries and mobile phones.
  4. We discussed how the library helps us to recycle books because we use a rental scheme. Students can also donate old or used books to the library.
  5. We recycle uniforms as older brothers and sisters pass them down to their younger siblings. We also have a second hand uniform sale at the end of the year.
  6. Our ‘lost & found’ bin is sent to the charity shop to be recycled if no one claims the clothes after a certain amount of time.
  7. We have Litter wardens and Recycle wardens to remind everyone to reduce, reuse and recycle.
  8. The school sends texts and emails to parents rather than sending out letters. Thus reducing the amount of paper we use.
  9. The office and teachers always try to use both sides of the paper when they need to print work out to cut down on the amount of paper used.
  10. Our Green schools blog informs all staff, students and parents of our green work without having to print out newsletters. Not only does this save paper but it means less photocopying.
  11. We talked about how to make things out of recycled materials. Emma made a robot from cardboard boxes. We made recycled bird feeders and insect homes from cartons and plastic bottles. Zac and his Dad made an insect home from an old press.
  12. The school is having a ‘Recycled Christmas Decorations’ competition in December.
  13. We also discussed how much wrapping paper is thrown away every year so we thought wrapping up a shoe box and reusing it every year would be a good idea.
  14. We are having a ‘Bikes for Africa’ Day where we will recycle our old and unused bikes and send them to children in Africa.
  15. We discussed how litter can affect wildlife and why we should be careful when disposing of waste.
  16. Our local pharmacist gave a talk to the senior classes on medication and how to dispose of it properly. He told us that medicines can get into the environment and affect the wildlife.
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