Key Area – Waste Minimisation
Goal – To reduce, reuse and recycle waste as much as possible
Action
Who?
Eco-Committee to complete environmental review of
school waste.
When?
Eco Committee
and Mrs
Houston
Eco Committee
and Miss
Whiteford
Mr McMaster
Whole school
May 2011
Primary 6 to run an enterprise activity in the school to
raise awareness of recycling project.
P6a/b
Ragbag
3 times per
year
Letters to be written to catering manager and direct
and care services about trying to reduce amount of
waste packaging.
Students to act as recycling monitors to collect the
materials from class recycling.
Eco Committee
May 2011
Every Class
On-going
Contact Environmental Protection Services to find out
when blue bins are picked up and arrange a visit to
Polmadie recycling centre.
Encourage whole school to reuse materials in art
projects.
Primary 6
May 2011
Every Class
On-going
Eco-Committee to meet with Janitor to discuss types
of waste in school and what the school does with it.
Use compost bins for garden waste
May 2011
On-going
Success Criteria
Monitoring and evaluation
Every class taking part in Recycling
Increased awareness of recycling.
Amount of waste from school going to
landfill reduced.
Action plan discussed at eco
committee meetings.
Recycling monitors to measure and
record how much the school recycles.