Environment Committee Report
Food waste is a huge issue, producing 4.4 million tonnes of C02 every year. This is worse than the total greenhouse gas emissions of plastic production, oil extraction and flying combined. Compost bins are planned to be installed this year to re-purpose our school’s food waste instead of going to landfill. If you compost correctly, there may be house points awarded!
We all know that the fast fashion industry also has an extreme negative impact on the environment – almost as bad as that of food waste. The SRC and Environment Committee will help set up Fort Street’s participation in the National Clothes Recycling Program later this term.
We will also be planning a way to recycle your plastic bottles, instead of throwing them into the landfill.
The environment committee has an ongoing project planting native shrubs around the school, to help maintain the school’s natural environment. Weather permitting, we hope to do some planting next week or as soon as we can.
If you’re interested in coming along to a meeting of Amnesty or the Environment Committee,
Amnesty and Environment meet every Thursday at lunch in the Flexible Learning Centre – on the top floor of Wilkins. See you there!