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Education Centres and Landfill Tours
Education Centres and Landfill Tours
The Waste 2 Resource Education Program is a free environmental education program designed
specifically for Sunshine Coast schools. Take advantage of our two Waste 2 Resource Education
Centres and Waste Facilities Tours.
Kindy, Prep, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3 Kindy, Prep, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3
What can we recycle? Through a range of How does your garden grow? Get ready to jump
interactive activities, students sort materials and into a virtual backyard environment and discover
explore all the ways they can reduce, reuse and how we mimic nature and recycle our organic
recycle. CCTV cameras allow us to go inside the waste. Students will look, touch and feel their way
Materials Recovery Facility and discover the through a series of activities that will allow them to
challenges faced by the workers sorting our discover the fun of backyard composting and worm
recycling. Finally we take the bus behind the scenes farming and how easily it can be done!
to experience the sights, sounds and smells of the
landfill.
Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6
What is sustainable waste management? Students Waste not, want not! Students will be launched
explore how we manage waste and how they can into the world of organics and discover its potential
use waste minimisation techniques, like reduce, for being recycled into a valuable resource. A
reuse and recycle to help reduce waste sent to series of interactive activities will take students
landfill and save natural resources. CCTV cameras through the steps of composting and worm farming
allow us to delve into the Materials Recovery Facility and teach them about the environmental benefits
and the machines and workers who sort our of choosing these methods for the disposal of
recycling for reprocessing. Finally we take the bus organic waste. Student workbooks provided.
behind the scenes to experience the sights, sounds
and smells of the landfill and Resource Recovery Secondary and Tertiary
Centre. Student workbooks provided. Available on request.
The Waste 2 Resource Program is facilitated Further general sustainability links exist within:
Science (Y10)
through EnviroCom Australia, a contractor of the
Geography (Y1, Y3, Y5 & Y7)
Sunshine Coast Council. Economics & Business (Y7)
For more information, please contact Design & Technology (Prep - Y6, Y9 & Y10)
Sandie Johnston on: Healthy & Physical Education (Prep - Y10)
Phone: 07 5494 5100
Email: sandie.johnston@envirocom.com.au
School Details:
School name:
School address:
Contact person:
Email address:
Number of classes:
Organics Recycling Education Centre
Preferred dates:
1:
Visits to the Education Centres can be
conducted with a single class or with two
2: classes together (maximum 60 students)
3:
Other details:
Privacy Statement
Sunshine Coast Council is collecting your personal information for the purpose of arranging a Waste 2 Resource Program visit or tour. The
collection of this information is authorised under the Local Government Act. Some of the information may be given to staff and educators
involved in the visit to confirm booking details and to inform you of future education opportunities. Your information will not be given to any
other person or agency unless you have given us permission or we are required by law. You can find more information at www.privacy.gov.au
or www.oic.qld.gov.au.