Item |
Reduce |
Item |
Recycle |
Tinfoil&clingfilm |
Wrap sandwich in kitchen paper of simply place into clean lunch box. |
Use a food bag and change once a week or if necessary. |
Luch box policy applies
Brought home |
Bread |
Ask your child are they eating all their lunch many sandwiches are left in bins on a daily basis! |
Can not be composted |
A teacher from the school is collecting bread crusts/ crumbs and giving them to local wildlife |
Tetra pack and drink cartons |
Why not use a plastic bottle to put the drinks in and wash out daily. |
Can not be composted |
Lunch box policy applies.Containers
brought home. Can be used in art when requested. |
Fruit waste |
Only give fruit your child will eat, again many pieces are found in bins and on the yard! |
Can be composted |
Collected in classroom and emptied daily into the compost bins. |
Pencil parings |
---------------------- |
Can be composted |
Composted in school |
Sweet Wrappings |
Healthy eating policy
|
Can not be composted |
Lunch box policy brought home or can be used for art when requested. |
Yoghurt cartons |
You could buy yoghurt in a larger tub and use small reusable containers for the lunch box. |
Can not be composted. |
Lunch box policy applies.
Can be used for art when requested. |
Paper |
Use journals to communicate with the teacher vs notes/envelopes |
A certain amount can be shredded and used in the compost.
Teachers will try and photocopy on both sides of the sheet. |
Only when both sides are used will they be placed in the blue bin in school along with paper towel the children have used after hand washing. |
