WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN Put your school Name and

WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN Put your school Name and logo here Don’t forget to put in photos of people who did the audit …. . and the date

WASTE FACTS The Problems: • Landfill sites are toxic, filling fast and new sites are difficult to find. n n Energy and resources are wasted when we don’t recycle Only ¼ of our waste needs to go to landfill Typical Waste Stream Composition

WHAT CAN BE RECYCLED? n n n Newspaper & Cardboard Office White Paper Steel & Aluminium Cans Glass Bottles & Jars Plastic containers WHAT CAN’T BE RECYCLED? n n Broken glass, ceramics Containers made of different types of material eg ‘Poppers’ Plastic bags and wrap Chemicals, batteries

WASTE AUDIT RESULTS r u o y th i w e c a l p e R s t l su e r t i d u a

What we Discovered about Waste at our School n Total waste volume for one day = 1220 litres that’s = ____ litres / student / day n _____ % of total waste that can be recycled n Our school currently recycles these items: List materials currently being recycled

THE COST OF WASTE Mixed Waste (skip bins) Cost / year = $____ Recyclables Cost / year: Metal , glass, plastic = $ _____ Paper and Cardboard = free Green / organic waste = free (compost, worms, chooks) Toxic waste = free (biannual pickup) Mobile phones, toner cartridges = free e-waste (computers, TV’s etc ) = free on contract items Our school could save $_____ mes u l o v if we: n bins ased o skip ngs b i m v o a r s f te ed Estima ld be divert ou that c

The Technology Advisor said… Add c omm ents from p eople interv iewed a waste bout The Cleaner said… The Principal said… lip art c e c a l p e R s of with photo people d interviewe The teachers said… The G. A said… The Admin Staff said… The canteen staff said… Students said…

Our Waste Reduction Ideas n n n Each year group to have a worm farm for food waste th i w e es ons h Compost all garden waste e t uti c sol a l p Re your Recycle office whites n Develop a waste friendly purchasing policy for the canteen and office. n Start a waste mobile phone collection service

Our Waste Targets n n 25% reduction in mixed waste 100% recycling of office whites