An instruction poster was created to teach printer/photocopier users how to re-use one-sided paper. This keeps reusable paper from the waste stream. Students are learning to ignore the back side of reused paper.
We are going to try and have one day a week dedicated to less to no waste in our lunches! This will be called WASTELESS WEDNESDAYS! We are kindly urging everyone to bring a lunch with reusable containers that produce ZERO waste.
Throughout the month of December we put a call out to the school community to donate burnt out Christmas light bulbs and old Christmas cards. The response was overwhelming and those bulbs and cards that were once destined the garbage turned into beautiful Christmas decorations. We held an after school craft workshop where we transformed the bulbs into Christmas tree decorations by covering them in glitter and ribbon. The cards we turned into Christmas tags.
Students in grade 1A wrote letters to the cafeteria asking that they stop giving individually packaged snacks to make less garbage.
We reused Christmas cards, newspaper, styrofoam pellets, and other materials to decorate our hallways and gym for our Christmas concert.
