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Waste Reduction -Achievements

We learned saving and recycling waste was important so landfill didn't get bigger and spread every where. n year 2 they looked at how many bins they could reduce down to, class two also do the compost bins they learn quite a lot from what they have done on the waste reduction project.

Lauren, March 2004

The project at Hagbourne involved the following:

v All seven classes of children

v The staffroom

v The main office staff

v The support staff

v The kitchen

v The cleaning staff

v The governors

v The headteacher

v The parents

Results
	Week 1
		(Average daily weight in Kgms to nearest decimal point)

	Areas	Paper & card	Plastics	Metals	Organic
	Class F	1.2	0.1	0.1	0.2
	Class1	1	0.2	0	0.2
	Class 2	0.6	0	0	0.2
	Class 3	0.9	0.1	0	0.1
	Class 4	1.8	0.1	0.1	0.2
	Class 5	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.4
	Class 6	0.8	0	0	0.1
	Kitchen	3.3	0.8	0.7	2.3
	Staffroom	0.8	0	0	0.7
	Main office	3.6	0	0	0
	Headteacher	1.6	0	0.1	0
	TOTALS	16.9	1.6	1.3	4.4


	Week 2
		(Average daily weight in Kgms to nearest decimal point)

	Areas	Paper & card	Plastics	Metals	Organic
	Class F	0.3	0	0	0.1
	Class1	0.5	0	0	0.1
	Class 2	0.5	0	0	0.1
	Class 3	0.6	0.2	0	0.1
	Class 4	1.2	0	0.1	0.2
	Class 5	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.2
	Class 6	0.4	0	0	0.1
	Kitchen	2.9	0.7	1	2.4
	Staffroom	0.7	0	0	0.6
	Main office	0.3	0.1	0	0.5
	Headteacher	1	0	0	0
	TOTALS	9.3	1.2	1.2	4.4


	Week 3
		(Average daily weight in Kgms to nearest decimal point)

	Areas	Paper & card	Plastics	Metals	Organic
	Class F	0.2	0	0	0.1
	Class1	0.2	0	0	0.1
	Class 2	0.4	0	0.1	0
	Class 3	0.5	0	0	0.2
	Class 4	1.5	0.1	0.1	0.1
	Class 5	1.1	0.1	0	0.2
	Class 6	0.4	0	0	0.1
	Kitchen	2.3	0.5	0.2	2.6
	Staffroom	0.7	0	0	0.5
	Main office	0.7	0	0	0.2
	Headteacher	1.2	0	0	0
	TOTALS	9.2	0.7	0.4	4.1


	Week 4
		(Average daily weight in Kgms to nearest decimal point)

	Areas	Paper & card	Plastics	Metals	Organic
	Class F	0.2	0	0	0.1
	Class1	0.1	0	0	0
	Class 2	0.4	0	0	0.2
	Class 3	0.6	0	0	0.1
	Class 4	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.1
	Class 5	0.9	0	0.1	0.2
	Class 6	0.3	0	0	0.1
	Kitchen	2.1	0.4	0.2	2.4
	Staffroom	0.4	0	0	0.7
	Main office	0.5	0	0	0
	Headteacher	0.9	0	0	0
	TOTALS	7.3	0.5	0.4	3.9

Findings

v All classes and areas managed to reduce their waste during the four week project

v The kitchen produces a huge amount of waste in comparison to that of the classrooms

v The office produced a large quantity of waste during week one because they were clearing out catalogues

Conclusions

The following changes were suggested by the children as a result of the waste collection project:

v That the school should seriously consider a scheme to recycle boxes and cartons which are the result of deliveries to the office and kitchen

v That the existing scheme of composting organic waste should continue

v That the paper shredding facility for used paper be continued

v That the recycling of aluminium cans should be continued

v That the school should seriously consider a scheme to recycle steel cans

v That the existing facility for collection and recycling of textiles should continue

v That the existing scheme for collecting stamps for charity should continue

v That the school should continue to collect and recycle ink cartridges

v That we should have more opportunities to recycle toys and books