Case Studies
Learn how other schools are sorting out their waste
Pukerau School
Since becoming an Enviroschool in 2006, Pukerau School have taken action to reduce their waste and help look after the environment for future generations. The students formed NET - Nature and Environment Team - and decided to focus on food scraps and built their own worm farm.
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Lochiel School
While studing waste in 2006, students at Lochiel school became aware that a lot of the items they put out in the rubbish could have been recycled, reused or composted. The first action the students took was to record how many rubbish bins the school had and where they were located. There investigations found that for every three students there was one rubbish bin. So the children and staff took action.
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Students watching paper collected for recycling being made into a bale. The baled paper
is then transported to a recycling plant to be made into new paper.
