“We don’t need a handful of people doing zero waste perfectly. We need millions of people doing it imperfectly” – Anne-Marie Bonneau
The Halve Waste Education Program provides a unique opportunity to learn what happens to local waste and is FREE to all schools, educational facilities, and community groups within the Halve Waste region. It has been designed to encourage all age groups to reduce waste generation, increase recycling and decrease waste to landfill.
Halve Waste offer a range of free waste education opportunities schools and early learning centres in Albury City, City of Wodonga, Federation Council, Greater Hume Council and the Shires of Indigo and Towong. The sessions are designed to educate students about how waste and recycling impact on the environment, and how students can reduce their waste at home and school.
A tour of the Albury Waste Management Centre is a fun and insightful way to see first-hand what happens to the waste we generate locally and the associated environmental impacts.
The tour can be incorporated with a waste education session on site to tie in key actions that can be taken to increase waste sustainability at home and at school.
A bus is provided as part of the tour. Please note, that there are age and number restrictions to tours, enquire for more information: [email protected]
WHERE DOES IT GO?
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School AND COMMUNITY waste Assessments
Sponsorship PROGRAM
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Our Schools & Community Sponsorship Program offers schools and community groups the opportunity to access financial assistance to support events, programs and resources that help achieve their Halve Waste goals. For more information or to APPLY click the below links.
Please note: Pre-schools are capped at $500 sponsorship funding. All applications will be viewed more favourably if there is some co-funding for projects
As an initiative of the Halve Waste campaign, free waste assessments are available to schools, childcare centres and community groups.
A waste assessment will determine what waste types are being generated in your school and identify potential opportunities to reduce, reuse and recycle.
The process involves:
Bin Smart (Preschool – Year 12)
Students will learn:
Halve Our Waste (Years K – 6)
Students will learn:
Wasteful vs Waste Wise (Years 2 – 10)
Students will learn:
Primary Composters (Preschool – Year 6)
For schools wanting to set up a compost on site.
Students will learn:
Worm Farmers (Preschool – Year 6)
For schools wanting to set up a worm farm on site.
Students will learn:
Waste Trace (Years 5 – 6)
Students will learn:
School Waste Audits (Year K – 12)
Choose from a large or small scale bin waste audit.
Students will learn:
Lessons can be adapted and customised to suit school lesson timetables and learning stages.
NSW
Sustainable Schools NSW aims to connect environmental educators with relevant resources, interactive lessons and a like-minded community to help spread the important message of sustainability to future generations.
https://www.sustainableschoolsnsw.org.au/
Victoria
Resource Smart Schools is a free program offered by Sustainability Victoria that supports Victorian schools to embed sustainability across the school facilities, community and curriculum, while saving resources and money for the school.
Schools join the program, then have access to an online portal (Resource Smart Schools online), where they learn and practice ways to integrate sustainability.
https://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/schools
National
Australian Association for Environmental Education (AAEE) – Australia’s peak professional body for environmental educators. AAEE advocate for environmental education and contribute to skills development to help you stay at the forefront of education for sustainability. We provide a network for the growing force of cross-sector environmental educators across our states and territories.
Halve Waste offer residents and community groups the opportunity to access waste education through planned events and presentations.
Topics include:
Community groups can also book free waste education talks on request.
Guided tours are available to community groups. With a choice of locations, Albury Waste Management Centre, Wodonga Transfer Station and Cleanaway Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) offer tours that are an excellent way to see first-hand what happens to the waste we generate locally.
You will need to provide your own transport to the facility.
Halve Waste was founded by Albury City Council, City of Wodonga, Federation Council and the Shires of Greater Hume and Indigo.
The Halve Waste program implements local solutions to reduce all wastes to landfill by 80% by 2030, which aligns with the State Government targets.
As a region, we all support the goals of Halve Waste and collaborate to achieve these goals.
You can view the full list of councils who are part of the Halve Waste initiative here.
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