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Managing Our Waste All food scraps are placed in the white buckets to be chopped and fed to the chickens and worms. The chickens also eat weeds and grass cuttings. The rakings from the chicken pen go into the compost bins with leaf litter / twigs etc from the grounds. The green bin which holds recyclable drink containers is transferred into the council recycling bins that are emptied fortnightly. Unusable waste goes into the wheelie bins which can be closed to prevent seagull raids. Our waste skip is the smallest available. |
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Chicken Paradise Our hens devour all our food scraps. Any left over food gets shovelled into the compost bin. The chickens love to investigate the children who come to hand feed them weeds or grass through the wire.
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Worm Farms Our worm farms although gigantic only eat a small portion of our food waste. The children collect the worm castings by raking the underside onto plastic. It’s stored in empty containers. When liquid fertiliser is needed, the castings are soaked then the liquid is poured into recycled bottles. It is a good fertiliser for our seedlings. We give away samples to our guests.
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Paper and Cardboard Recycling Cutting waste in a school is all about the management of paper. Try to find ways to reduce the quantity used such as using double-sided stencils. Make sure waste paper is kept out of the garbage bins. Receptacles for recycling paper are located throughout the school – offices, classrooms, etc. Packaging boxes from canteen and offices can be flattened for easy storage. Flagstaff Paper to Paper collects fortnightly.
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Reverse Garbage Room Our school stores community scrap items for reuse in a variety of activities - practical maths, science, art and craft. Businesses in your local area often have offcuts ( wood, silk ribbon, cardboard, etc.). These waste products can be utilised and it helps to reduce the amount of waste going into landfill.
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