Waste Reduction Week

Celebrate Waste Reduction Week and follow it up with action plans that ‘upcycle’ items that are not recyclable. Tips: Waste Reduction Week is in October. Make this a campaign by holding a week of waste reduction activities that track school progress and educate...

Tecumseh Public School tackles textile waste

Earlier this year, students on the Tecumseh Public School EcoTeam in Halton District School Board decided they wanted to take action against textile waste. While conducting their own research on the subject, they discovered CBC Marketplace’s recent coverage on waste...

Become a Waste Wizard!

We’re in the middle of Waste Reduction Week – the perfect time for your school community to meet the requirements of the Waste Minimization section. Here are three ways to become a verifiable waste wizard. Do a waste audit to see how you’re doing with waste...

Be Waste-Free

You open the lunch box & see: a double-plastic wrapped snack, a disposable container of crackers and cheese, a plastic fork, a drink box. According to the Recycling Council of Ontario the average student’s lunch creates about 30 kilos of waste every year. Now, add...