Today Room 21 met with Ms Daniel to investigate waste at Waka. We learnt about the difference between circular economies, where waste isn't really waste as it always turns into something else and linear economies, that end up in an earth filled with trash.
For example, in a circular economy we grow apples that are harvested and their cores are turned into compost that is then put on the apple trees to grow more. Nothing runs out and nothing is junked up. It is sustainable - keeps on going round and round.
For example in a linear economy we grow apples and turn them into apple sauce that we package into plastic pouches. The plastic pouches can't be recycled and end up in a landfill. The nutrients from the food scraps are wasted and the earth and oceans are quickly junked up with plastic that doesn't break down. It's a one way street.
We collected litter to see if the waste at Waka is a problem. There was much less litter than last year, but sadly there was still plastic packets from lunchboxes.
In Room 21 there was 12/31 litterfree lunches. Well done to those families making the extra effort!
We decided a litterefree lunchbox competition next term would be great. We also decided to make emotive posters to share around the school and online.
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