“Our new endeavour, supported by the War on Waste project, is to collect return and earn drink containers. Students as young as kindergarten are careful to correctly gather these containers so that the recycling process can earn us some dollars towards items such as plants for our veggie garden,” she said.

“We work together to find ways to manage waste and encourage the children to be involved in finding solutions to where their rubbish goes as a way of becoming socially responsible and show respect for their environment.”

“We estimate we are diverting approximately 1,110 11lt buckets of scraps and 80 garbage bags of can/bottles from landfill a year. This creates compost for our gardens, and we use recycled water for all the gardens as well as the chicken coop. The school is proud of the positive impact they are having on the environment while educating students on the importance of sustainability,” she said.