CHURCHLANDS students have found out just how much waste we create in a week.
Science teacher Mike Barr set his Year 8 class on a mission to bring in all their plastic rubbish for seven days.
“What we’ve done is started looking at how plastics are made, then environmental issues, then recycling,” he said.
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Inspired by the War on Waste television program, the class conducted a War on Plastic Waste project and created brochures aimed at informing neighbours about the effects of plastic.
“We’ve already got a great paper recycling program in the school; our long term idea is plastic recycling,” Mr Barr said.
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