Recycling means more than just sorting your waste – green
building takes this a step further by recycling building
materials and reducing the amount of waste to landfill. - Start
a compost or worm farm. Fruit and vegetable scraps, garden
clippings and leaves make up nearly 40% of household waste. A
school compost or worm farm can recycle green waste and create a
natural fertiliser. Draw up a school roster and ask each class
to take it in turns to collect organic scraps from the
schoolyard – which will keep your school looking clean and
green! - Set a target to save trees. It takes 17 trees to make
one tonne of paper. Encourage children using both sides of
paper, use scrap paper for artwork and put their unwanted paper
in the recycling bin. Audit your students’ paper consumption and
set a target to save trees. - Say no to plastic. Australians use
over 10 million plastic bags each day. Make your school a
plastic bag free zone. And while you’re at it, ask parents to
avoid using plastic wrap in school lunches. Sa