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Beyond Recycling Blog
Waste Field Trip
On Jan 26th, grade 5/6 students from JV Humphries in Kaslo went on their Waste Field Trip to the Kaslo recycling centers and transfer station. The first stop of the bus was at ACE Hardware, where we dropped off items for recycling such as batteries, light bulbs, and old cans of paint. We were met … Continued
School Wide Plastic Recycling Started at Arrow Heights Elementary, Revelstoke
Mrs. Gadbois and her Grade 5/6 class have been recycling drink containers at Arrow Heights Elementary School for the past number of years. As our Waste Eco-Challenge, we wanted to expand the school recycling to include plastic containers. We ordered 8 plastic recycling bins for our class as well as the other classes within our … Continued
Waste Eco-Challenge at Begbie View Elementary, Revelstoke
Ms. Newton’s grade 5 class at Begbie View Elementary has been on a year long Waste Eco-Challenge! Here are some of the things that have been happening in her classroom: LEVEL 1- COMMUNICATE CLASSROOM WASTE POLICY Ms. Newton asks parents to not send processed food for snacks and lunches: for health and environmental reasons. … Continued
Waste Reduction EcoChallenge- Grade 6/7 Arrow Heights Elementary, Revelstoke
Blog written by: Aislin Buchanan, Meya Musseau and Lillian Vickers. Grade 6/& students To reduce waste in our classroom, we started separating our garbage. We did this so that our waste would go in the right spot (actual waste, recycling, and composting). We got a cart and added a paper towel bucket, plastics bucket and … Continued
Golden Waste Field Trip
Mr. Broderick’s grade five class had an up close look at The Golden Landfill and The Golden Bottle Depot this past fall. Carmen Fennell, Waste Reduction Facilitator from the Columbia Shuswap Regional District was our fantastic tour guide. The first thing Carmen taught us after getting off the bus was that the landfill is no … Continued
School Compost, Litter Free Lunches and More!
Canyon Lister Elementary School is doing a number of interesting projects to reduce the amount of waste at their school! They are doing a school wide compost, litter free lunches and investigating the litter that ends up on the school grounds.
The Business of Recycling
Mr. Mcanerney’s class got down to business – the paper recycling business. Right before the holidays, the grade 6 students at TM Roberts took what they’ve been learning with Wildsight and put it into action, making recycled paper from used paper scraps. The students have been learning about all the resources and processing involved in … Continued
TM Roberts students go Beyond Recycling!
Beyond Recycling has landed at TM Roberts school in Cranbrook. Mr. Mcanerney’s grade 6 class is learning all about waste, water, energy, transportation and more in this 20+ lesson program. In exciting, engaging and enlightening lessons, the students will answer questions like “What happens when we throw away stuff?”, “Is this recyclable?”, “What’s the best … Continued
The Plastic Problem Eco Challenge
The problem: Students at RSS were throwing Plastics into the garbage. The Solution: Students made bins to Recycle Plastic containers and plastic bags. Sounds simple right? Well, it all started when the Gr. 5/6 class were amazed during the Garbology lesson. So much plastic was in their garbage, 12 000 cubic cm, or 12 L … Continued