Another Waste Audit

Guess what! Jackman’s Eco Team conducted another Waste Audit. Here’s what you need to know… the total mass of Wednesday’s garbage was... drum roll please… 10kg!!! Wow! That’s even better than last year’s waste (11kg)! And to think, six years ago, we had 36kg! Our waste reduction strategies are working!!! Way to go, Jackman!!! Here is a summary of what we found…

Some things in the garbage should have been RECYCLED - about 1.5kg

Papers, paper scraps & cardboard boxes

2 juice boxes & 37 plastic cups

Plastic utensils

Plastic & Styrofoam food containers

Milk bags, bread bags & plastic shopping bags

Some things in the garbage was FOOD that should have been EATEN or COMPOSTED - about 1.5kg

Pizza crusts, pitas & crackers

Apple slices, grapes, orange slices, carrots, cucumber & banana peels

Pencil shavings

Food stained paper plates

Some of our garbage were soiled papers that should have been COMPOSTED– about 1.5kg

Paper towels & tissues

Some of our garbage were things that should have been REUSED 

- about 0.5kg

Pencils, markers, crayons, erasers, glue sticks & even a pair of scissors

Lego, game pieces & math manipulatives

Reusable plastic containers

About ½ of our GARBAGE was truly GARBAGE & is sadly heading to a LANDFILL - about 5kg

Snack wrappers, candy wrappers & chip bags

Single-use coffee cups

Note: Our garbage is mostly food packaging

Craft materials like beads, felt & popsicle sticks

Small disposable Dixie cups

There you have it, another successful waste audit. The eco team will use this information to create new waste reduction projects at Jackman. We want everyone to be more mindful about waste as we inch closer and closer to becoming a ZERO Waste School.  Let’s Go ECO!