
Reducing waste in schools
There are several ways schools can look at reducing the amount of waste they throw away every day.
As easy as A, B, C...
Waste prevention is better for the environment and usually cheaper than either recycling or waste disposal.
There are lots of simple actions that your school can take to reduce its waste
- think about the packaging used in your lunch and try to prepare a waste-free lunch. The aim of the waste-free lunch is for each pupil to bring in a packed lunch which produces as little food and packaging waste as possible
- use reusable bottles for juice or waster rather than buying new containers every day
- install water fountains to avoid pupils having to bring in plastic drink's bottles
- make double-sided photocopies/printing where possible
- print only when necessary. Try to keep electronic copies of files instead of printing everything out
- send out email newsletters or notes to parents rather than printed ones that get lost in the book bag
- if paper has been written or printed on only one side, why not use it as scrap paper for messages, notes and lists. Keep a tray for one sided paper to reuse
- set up a school reuse shop for uniforms