Waste Reduction

Regular activities that support the environment and occur daily or weekly include: turning off the lights when all the students leave the classroom; each classroom has a juice box collection basket; waste free lunches are encouraged (avoid use of plastic wrap or any disposable items ) and parents are regularly asked to donate items which are no longer useful in the home - items such as fabric, yarn, stickers and buttons for art projects.

Ecole Edwards switched to sending newsletters electronically this year for all grades, a total of 28 classes.

Ecole Edwards purchased reusable cups for all 28 classes in the school.

At staff meetings, for breakfast club, and for staff potluck lunches, we use reusable dishes rather than disposable.

The Green Schools Team is holding a contest to see which classroom produces the least waste in two weeks. They made trophies out of recycled items such as lunchable containers, fruit cups, pudding containers, etc to represent a gold. silver, and bronze trophy.