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Education for a Greener Future Conducting a Waste Audit in School

Education for a Greener Future Conducting a Waste Audit in School. Education for a Greener Future. Waste minimisation education project Providing FREE activity days to primary and secondary schools across Lancashire Also run training days & special events

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Education for a Greener Future Conducting a Waste Audit in School

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  1. Education for a Greener Future Conducting a Waste Audit in School

  2. Education for a Greener Future • Waste minimisation education project • Providing FREE activity days to primary and secondary schools across Lancashire • Also run training days & special events • 3 year project (began September 2003) • Extended to July 2007 • Funded by LCC, Blackpool and Wyre councils

  3. WASTE AUDITS • Activity for year 5 upwards. Curriculum links to Science, Maths, PSHE & Citizenship • Sort and weigh one day’s worth of the school’s rubbish • Calculate how much waste is produced by the school in a year • Devise an action plan to reduce this amount by introducing recycling, re-using or reducing waste schemes

  4. How to run a waste audit • Checklist: • Hall • 1 day’s worth of rubbish • 5 black plastic mats to be laid out in the hall • 5 ‘waste audit data sheets’ with clip boards & pencils • At least 30 pairs of rubber gloves • Lots of plastic carrier bags for weighing • Cloth bag of spring balances Health & Safety: • Wear old clothing (optional) and tie back long hair • Wear gloves at all times and don’t touch face • Don’t throw rubbish or crawl across the mats • Check rubbish for any dangerous/confidential items e.g. glass, tin cans. • (if found) Don’t touch glass and tell an adult immediately

  5. What is in your schools rubbish? • Recyclable paper • Non recyclable paper • Cardboard • Plastic – Recyclable • Plastic – Non-recyclable • Food Waste - Compostable • Food Waste - Non compostable • Textiles/Fabric • Metal • Glass • Crisp packets/choc wrappers • Cartons/tetrapaks • Other

  6. Waste Audit results Food waste Paper

  7. Action Plan Worksheet

  8. Paper • Often a huge proportion of schools rubbish • District councils provide a service – usually but not always free • If not – Abitibi will pay for it

  9. Compost • Free bins in Lancashire! • LCC provide up to three 220 litre bins plus caddies for classrooms

  10. Other Materials • Batteries • Yellow pages • Textiles • Cardboard • Mobile phones • Printer cartridges

  11. Repeat waste audit…..

  12. 01772 752930 greenerfuture@googlemail.com

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