There are now bins with three compartments in the classrooms for plastic (PMD), paper and residual waste. Vegetable, fruit and garden waste (GFT) is collected at central locations. In addition to various mini-containers, the school has an environmental station for cartridges, marker pens and batteries. As a result, the school collects raw materials and will soon have no residual waste.
The pupils on the Student Council are the ambassadors of the Zero-Waste School. For the launch, they gave a presentation about the benefits and importance of separating waste. The Student Council was then the first to receive a sustainable water bottle from the alderwoman. The other approximately 85 pupils also received their own water bottle from the municipality, bearing the Zero-Waste School logo.
Alderwoman Marieke Schouten: “I am very proud of Het Vogelnest. You use your lunch box and drinking bottle again every day. This prevents waste such as sandwich bags and plastic bottles. And by separating waste properly, the school collects raw materials that can be reused. Moreover, the same applies here: what is learned young is practiced old. The pupils learn at an early age to be conscious of the environment and of what we can reuse.”
The zero-waste school is supported in part by the municipality of Nieuwegein, RMN and environmental education organisation Buitenwijs.
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