1. Environment Club. Waste Management Education Assembly EYCI is Going Waste Free for 2015
Thurs. Dec. 11, 2014

2. What is waste management?
Collection
Of garbage, sewage, and other waste products
Disposal
Transportation

3. What is Recycling?
The process of making or manufacturing new products from a product that has originally served its purpose.

4. What GOES in the Blue Bin

5. What does NOT go in the Blue Bin
Propane /helium cylinder/batteries
Hazardous waste
Binders
DVD’s/ CD’s
Toys
Tools, scrap metals
Drinking Glass

6. Common Misconceptions
Many items seem like they’re recyclable because they’re made of plastic
ALL PLASTICS ARE NOT THE SAME
Many plastics have different melting points and cannot be recycled together

7. What GOES In a Green Bin?

8. What GOES in a Compost Bin?

9. Advantages Households have reduced their monthly garbage by 44 - 54%
Helps the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Turns waste into useful products such as fertilizer, compost and renewable fuels
Supports a local green economy

10. What GOES Into the Garbage

11. What does NOT go into the Garbage Bin
Items contaminated with food
Paint cans
Gas bottles
Batteries
CD’s/DVD’s
Paper- Newspapers, Magazines, Junk Mail, Envelopes
Food tins/drink cans
Household plastic packaging
Hazardous waste

12. Impacts of Poor Disposal
Food scraps result in
methane
greenhouse gas (21 x more potent than CO2)
Methane 
Many materials that end up as waste contain toxic substances.
Toxins contamination - air/water

13. Solutions Reduce, Reuse and Recycle products with less packaging ​
Give used items to people if they can be reusable
Use cloth towels and ceramic plates at home instead of paper towels and paper plates
Buy less!

14. Looking at EYCI’s Garbage
Waste Audit Issues
Looking at EYCI’s Garbage

15. Waste Audit
Completed twice a school year to analyze our waste management
Helps the environment club create a waste plan for the school year
The results were shocking…..

16. Pictures

19. First Issue: Dirty Food Containers
- Food is not recyclable (poutine, forks, ketchup)
Solution:
Empty into green bin/garbage
Food waste is a waste! Eat & drink your lunch!!
Rinse/empty liquids into a bucket
Monitors in the café for a couple of weeks

20. Second issue: Packaging/restaurant waste
Free topping, diamond corner, have excessive packaging
Solutions
Bring your own containers, cutlery
Litterless lunch (no litter left behind)
Bring your own plate in the cafe
Lug a Mug (go green mugs on sale next week for $8)
Use your EYCI reusable bottle
Don’t use straws or use reusable ones
Breakfast program – Bring your own plates/cutlery
Solicit restaurants to change their packaging to compostable clamshells/cutlery

21. Third Issue: Coffee Cups
Not recyclable except for the paper sleeve
Solution
Bring your own mug (buy a EYCI Go Green Mug next week for $8)
Tim Hortons collects their coffee cups
Possible school collection in the rotunda with a painted garbage can

22. Fourth Issue: Lack of Education/ Unaware
People don’t know what goes where
Solution
pairing of blue bins/garbage/green bin to avoid contamination
Better signage (larger) to inform staff and students of what goes where
Assembly to educate
Waste display boards with interactive game in the rotunda/assembly

23. Sort it out! Game We need 3 student and 3 teacher volunteers Rules:
You will be given 8 items that you must sort them into the appropriate waste bin (recycling, green bin, garbage)
Items: Tim Horton’s cup, milk carton, juice box, poutine container, Free Topping pizza bag, orange peels, pop can, water bottle
First person to accurately sort the items wins!

24. Welcome Guest Speaker Documentary film maker Andrew Nisker
Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home is a feature documentary about how the family household has become one of the most ferocious environmental predators of our time.
Documentary is 75 min an can be borrowed from Ms.Tsanos to show in any class

25. Garbage! Trailer

26. 2 other documentaries… Chemerical
An avg family, were asked to take an inventory of their everyday household cleaning agents and personal care products… and replace them with all-natural products.
Deep Side of the Chew
The world’s 2nd most common form of litter: chewing gum. 
A gateway to young minds to enhance their awareness of this seemingly invisible pollution that has an enormous social, environmental and economic impact.

27. Campaign to kick off our waste free EYCI initiative for 2015
Buttons on sale today after the assembly and in the rotunda every day at lunch for 50 cents
Travel mugs on sale next week for $8.00 in the rotunda
Write in your GREEN new year’s resolution on our campaign banner outside of guidance

28. Join the Environment Club
We need more members to help us achieve our waste free goals for 2015
Meet Fridays at lunch in room 148
Volunteer as a café green monitor for the green bin launch in January