Waste Free Rubbish!

What we learnt from the rubbish trip team!

Today we had 2 very environmentally friendly visitors who shared with us their story of how they are waste-free! That means they generate NO rubbish! None at all! Zero-waste! We learnt A LOT from them! Below are some of our ideas. You can check out our individual blogs later in the week for some more of our learning.

Amelia: 6R’s

Dominique: That you can make stuff like marmite instead of buying it.

Alzarah: You can make stuff at home instead of buying it.

Maile: 6R’s

Jahrey: 6R’s - recycle

Abdulwahaid: At the rubbish dump there is a big hole in the ground that we put rubbish in.

Asomua: You can make what you usually have in your normal life. You don’t have to buy stuff, you can make stuff, like your own glue, toothpaste.

Mehran: Compost your food waste.

Carson: 6R’s - reuse, rot

Francesca: 6R’s, how to make glue - you can make your own glue from flour, sugar, vinegar, water

AbdAlrahman - 6R’s refuse, replace, reduce, reuse, recycle, rot

Achsah: 6R’s reduce, reuse, it’s in our Going Green song

Arcadia: We can make our own stuff at home like your own toothpaste and marmite.

Aadil: 6R’s - refuse - say no to packaging

Emeliano: 6R’s - replace - replace a plastic bag with a cotton bag won’t rip and you can reuse instead.

Astera: When you finish your chip packet it is rubbish.

Mariam Y3: When you’ve finished your food scraps find a compost bin so the worms can break down your food.

Mariam Y4: What you can put in your recycling bin is: bottles made from plastic & glass

Drona: You can use a wooden toothbrush to brush your teeth and then put it in the compost.

Von’Zy: We can recycle paper and cardboard

Kahealani: Gladwrap is not good to use because it can end up in birds’ stomachs.

Tuku’afu: 6R’s reuse - you could use a cotton bag for your sandwiches

Andrew: When you throw your rubbish in the bin or the landfill it can still end up in the sea and kill animals.

Moosa: Don’t use a plastic bag because it can rip easily. Use a cotton bag instead.

Isaiah: Reuse means to reuse stuff that you’ve already used, like a pickle jar and you can reuse it for putting coins in.

Let's set a challenge for the week!

Anyone who can bring a rubbish-free lunch this week can have 5 sunshines!