2024 Waste Audit
Thursday 22nd May 2024
Today Ms Daniel and Year Six conducted our waste audit.
Paper recycling and general waste collection costs Sunnyhills School $5036+gst per year.
Classroom Waste Bins
Compostable .16kg
Recyclable .98kg (Pizza boxes were .42)
General Waste .82kg
Total - 1.96kg
Amount that was in the wrong bins - 1.14kg 🙁
Staffroom Waste Bins
Compostable .56
Recyclable .1
General Waste.38kg
Amount in the wrong bins .66 :(
Total 1.04
Recycling Bin
Total 0.1
Soft Plastic Total
Total <0.1
Total that could have been diverted if correct bins used 1.81kg
Total sent to landfill 3kg
Diverted From Landfill
Paper Recycling
Total 5.9 kg
Hot Compost and Worm Farm
Total 2.22
Comingled Recycling .1
Total diverted from landfill 8.22kg
Observations
- there used to be lots of masks and now there are none, but there are lots of tissues
- pizza boxes in the wrong bin increased our landfill by nearly 25%
- 1.14 kg of waste in classroom bins could have been composted or recycled so more education is needed
- If the all teachers used the hot compost bin we could reduce our staffroom waste by half
Actions
Eco Leaders to talk to all the classes about putting pizza boxes in the paper recycling bin and using the correct bins.
Emily and Monique will make posters reminding everyone to use the right bins
Mrs Daniel will announce in the staffroom a reminder that pizza boxes can go in recycling and using the hot compost bin
Mrs Daniel will email all teachers to remind them to use the hot compost bin in the staffroom
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