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On
Jan. 11th, preparation for writing up our application for the
Green Flag was discussed at our first Committee meeting of 2005.
We decided to start writing up the 1st six answers to the
application that week. Members from 3rd class up each got a piece
to write. Application is to be in by the end of Feb.
On
Jan 18th a second Committee meeting was held to discuss the
slow progress with regard to the change over to small sandwich
boxes in order to further reduce the amount of tinfoil & plastic bags
in lunch boxes. A new Action Plan was drawn up to try to
encourage more pupils make this change. One of the suggestions was
that each class would set its own target per week for the following
two weeks – until Feb. 4th_ when the next Lunch box Survey would
be carried out. The signs at this stage are that it’s proving very
successful.
We
now collect stamps, used batteries & cards for recycling at our school.
We
had a lot of GOOD NEWS to celebrate at our Green-Schools
Assemblies
on Jan. 25th & 26th:
1. Our black bins are now down to 4 per week-We started
with
12!
2. December's Litter Survey showed a decrease in schoolyard l
litter
by over 3Kg since October!
3. The number of fruit juice tetra paks being washed by 5th
class has reduced on average from 50 to 7 per day. That
means approx. 215 tetra paks per week are no longer going
into our recycling bins!
4. Most students are now bringing a re-usable plastic bottle
or flask for their lunch drinks instead of foil-packed drinks
or tetra paks.
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