In February members of the Green Council undertook a waste audit.
We asked Mr Wylie to keep behind one days waste and then opened each bag to check what was inside. We separated out waste that could have been recycled such as paper, plastics , glass and fruit waste against those things which we cannot yet recycle in Blackpool.
This is what we found!!
School is doing some good
recycling of paper and fruit waste. A
great improvement on where we were
last year.
But there is still room for improvement!
Mixed paper and
cardboard7%
plastic bottles and glass
5%
organic waste
9%
bags general waste
79%
Waste after sorting - weight
As the pie chart shows people were still throwing out paper and cardboard when it could be recycled. Some Plastic bottles and glass jars are being thrown out and some infant classes are still not composting as much waste as they could.
We were very surprised at one of the
staff room bins – in which we found glass
jars, tins, paper cuttings and plastic
bottles.
To help the staff recycle more a compost bin and
recycling box will be put in the staff
room, so there is no excuse!
We are all responsible for reducing waste in
school
We would like everyone including staff to:-
1)recycle all waste paper and cardboard
2) Compost all fruit waste3) Recycle all plastic bottles4) Recycle all tins and glass. We plan to conduct another
waste audit in the future and hope to see a further
improvement.
In January we also monitored pupil and staff use of paper. We were upset by the findings.
As a school we used over 40,000 sheets of paper in one month! We also know some of the peaks were due to SATs assessments in year 2 and 6.
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500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 R R R
3382
1690
4360
1267
1698
485
832
1248
408
1489
1029
2192
813902
11831302
809680
784
363
year group
January Paper Data
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February was better. 26,000 sheets were used.
But this is still far too many sheets. If some classes can work on less than 500 we all can! There is no explanation for this high consumption.
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200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 R R R
1556
1189
977
545
971
326
545
997
263
970
471
582
1445
1243
652
1265
659
536
823
440
year group
February Paper data 2011
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We would like to see real change in the
school, that’s why the council have set a
target of cutting paper consumption by at
least 25% this month. There are plenty of
alternatives to copying paper!!
We all need to work at this but especially
staff.
So here are your class targets for paper reduction based on February’s copy totals. You will be able to access these targets on the Green Council Blog and on the notice board. We will update you again at the end of the month to see how you have done!!!
FEB TARGET FEB TARGET FEB TARGET
RB 440 330 2C 1445 1083 5S 971 728
RS 823 618 2M 1243 932 5D 326 244
RG 536 402 34W 263 197 5K 545 408
1T 652 489 3L 471 353 6A 977 732
1G 1265 949 3B 970 727 6S 1556 1167
1M 659 494 4L 997 748 6R 1189 891
2B 582 436 4J 545 408
Respect tokens will also be given out if
you are seen showing respect to the school environment. That might be through
recycling, composting, reusing paper, turning lights off, picking up
litter.
On a positive note school did recycle over 138kg of textiles in February raising
£69 for school gardens. Thank you for your efforts
The 600 bulbs you planted in the sensory garden and trim trail area have started to grow. Just watch
where you stand.
The trees you planted are
starting to bud meaning spring is on the way.
We see children and staff turning
lights and equipment off when they are not needed.
These are great habits to keep. Long may they
last.