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BIN FREE MAC. What, When, Why, and How. Goal: Phase out rubbish bins at MAC. We generate less rubbish: Minimisation We are aware that rubbish is resource use and waste We take responsibility Our community reduces its waste too. We. But it’s. Why?. We had 37 rubbish bins
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BIN FREE MAC What, When, Why, and How
Goal: Phase out rubbish bins at MAC • We generate less rubbish: Minimisation • We are aware that rubbish is resource use and waste • We take responsibility • Our community reduces its waste too
We But it’s
Why? • We had 37 rubbish bins • It took 252 hours to deal with them • It costs $7800 to get them emptied We still had litter!
End of term 2 BIN FREE MAC When? End of term 1 Half number of bins Now: Raising awareness Reducing bins
How? • TAKE YOUR RUBBISH HOME • Avoid packaging in your lunchbox • Don’t litter! It’s that Simple!
Rewards • With the savings we will buy solar panels • Gotcha cards for • taking responsibility for their rubbish or • Showing your package free lunchbox to Team Green (Wednesday lunchtime in the library) • One of the first high school in NZ to go Rubbish-free
From rubbish to solar panels, thanks to our collective action ! PS- Paper recycling is maintained
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