5/6 Waste Audit

4th March 2011

On the 4th March, 5/6 conducted a waste audit of Baradine Central School. This involved collecting the rubbish from the day before

and using tongs, we sorted it into 5 groups.

The five groups were:LandfillRecyclable containersOrganic materialFood ScrapsClean paperMetal

We used a bucket and scale to weigh each pile of rubbish.

We recorded these results so we could calculate how much of each type of waste our school generated in a week / term / year!

Everyone in our class worked out how much waste we produced!

The results were shocking!

Landfill:

Our school produces 2.6kg in one day!!

That’s 13kg in one week130kg in one termAnd 520kg in one school year!! That’s how much a big

fat cow weighs!!

This is waste that cannot be recycled, composted or used for any other

purpose.

Recyclable Containers

In one day our school throws away 1.05kg of recyclable containers!!

That’s 5.25kg in one week52.5kg in one termAnd 210kg in one year!!

That’s the size of a young steer!

At the moment, we are adding that to landfill!

Food ScrapsIn one day: 4.85kg!!

That’s 24.25kg in one week242.5kg in one term9700kg in one year!!

That’s nearly ONE TONNE!That’s how much a Bull weighs!

At the moment, that is being added to landfill – we could have a lot of happy chooks if we gave it to them!

Clean Paper

Some paper gets taken to the tip to be recycled but there’s still lots that’s just going in the bin!

In one day there was 200gWhich is 1kg in one week10kg in one termAnd 40kg in one year!

That’s how much some of us weigh!

At the moment – it’s being added to landfill.......

What can we do?We could do nothing.....

We could keep adding 3 tonnes of landfill to the tip each year.

That would be easiest.....

But one day.... There will be no more room at the tip.

This is what happens when people are not responsible with their rubbish:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8s7uIzmesI&feature=related

Or we could recycle.

http://www.anitasancha.co.uk/videos/the-plastic-planet

We could also become more conscious of our own waste!!

Every year over 6 million tonnes ofrubbish is dumped into the world’soceans, 80% of which is plastic, anda further 10% of this being plasticbags. With an estimated 46,000pieces for every square mile ofocean, plastic is responsible forkilling 1 million sea birds and over100,000 sea mammals each year.Turtles, whales and sea birdsmistake rubbish for food or getentangled in it, resulting in painfulinjuries, or even death.

RECYCLE!!!REDUCE!!!

REUSE!!!