Environment

Ashmont Public School

Defeating the Garbage Dragon

Our Concerns

Environment

  • Greenhouse gases
  • (1kg waste=4kg CO2 E)
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    Toxics

  • Waste
  • $$$
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    Our School- Ashmont Public

  • Population 347
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  • volume of waste – 5.5 tonnes /yr.
  • Waste charges paper.
  • Waste charges landfill.

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    Method

  • Audit
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  • Research
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  • Implementation
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  • Reflection
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    Audit

    Streams

  • Paper (separate whites, card, colour)
  • Recyclables (containers)
  • Food
  • Landfill

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    Paper

  • Use
  • Whites
  • Card
  • Reduce waste volume

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    Wormfarm

    Description

  • 2 Concrete troughs
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  • 2 Precompost chambers
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  • Secure enclosure
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  • Experimental Tumbler

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    Set up

  • Plastic
  • Foundation
  • Bedding
  • Worms

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    Operation

  • Feeding
  • Water
  • Aeration
  • Problems

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    Recyclable Containers

  • Sorting it out in the playground.

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    Collection

  • Material
  • Collection 5E
  • Amount

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    Manual

  • Learning
  • Evaluation
  • Involvement

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    Overall Benefits

  • Participation
  • Awareness
  • Greenhouse Reductions
  • Manual

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    Results of Audit 10-6-05

  • 2/3 of recyclables are being recycled.
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  • We have reduced paper volume by half and practically none is going into landfill.
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  • White paper and card are now fully separated.
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  • Most of our food is going into the wormfarm.
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  • Our worms are happy, healthy and multiplying!
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    Our Partners

  • Wagga Precast
  • APS P&C
  • South Wagga Primary
  • Demonstration Gardens Wagga Wagga
  • Ashmont Community Centre
  • Ashmont IGA
  • Kurrajong Recyclers
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