La Grande Boissière Secondary School
Eco Committee
Waste Collection & Display Project
In collaboration with the Service Technique
What?
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Collection of all waste produced on campus (from outside bins only) for one week.
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The waste is separated into 4 compartments: PET, paper, organic waste and general waste. The trash bags taken from each bin will be put in their respective compartment.
Why?
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To demonstrate to our community the horrible amount of waste we produce in only a week.
To demonstrate to our community how poorly waste is recycled.
What can you do?
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1. Reduce
- reduce the amount of waste you produce by choosing to use reusable materials such as a reusable water bottle instead of buying bottled water
- sit down at the restaurant you eat your lunch at instead of taking it to go
- instead of a snack wrapped in a disposable plastic wrapper, get a fruit
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2. Reuse
- this applies more at home than at school
- reuse glass and plastic containers you get when you buy your groceries. They come in handy as lunch boxes or something to put your leftovers in
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3. Recycle
- please recycle your waste
- It is incredibly important to recycle your waste (why?) and once you get used to it, it's not that hard at all
- here are the basic guidelines of recycling
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