Council’s Waste Education Team wish to support your school to reduce waste, increase recycling and educate students on the environmental and health issues surrounding waste.
Excursions and incursions
Kimbriki Recycling and Resource Centre excursion
Kimbriki's passionate eco gardeners will cover composting, worms, soil, importance of recycling food waste at home and school, waste management and how students can make a difference to protect our natural environment. Included is a tour of Kimbriki's waste and recycling facilities.
Council will provide up to 2 buses/school/year for these excursions. Book early as spaces are limited.
This program is suitable for primary and secondary students (Year 1 to Year 12)
How to book
1) First book your excursion with Kimbriki
2) Get a quote from two bus companies. Give the company the total number of students and adults. The bus needs to stay at Kimbriki for the excursion as they will be driving the students around the site.
Suggested companies;
- Northern Beaches Buses http://www.northernbeachesbuses.com.au/contact.html
- North Sydney Bus Charters https://northsydneybuscharters.com.au
- CDC (Forest Line Coaches) https://cdcbus.com.au/charter/charter-fleet/
3) Send your quotes to Waste Education for approval. Waste Education will then organise the purchase order and pay the invoice.
School canteens Swap for Good
Council offers a program to support your school canteen in the move away from single-use plastic.
Swap for Good includes information on alternative materials, education, resources, sustainable supplier lists, events and collaboration opportunities – all with the aim of providing ideas, solutions and alternatives to single-use plastics.
Plastic-free school canteen webinar
A guide to a plastic-free school canteen webinar was held on 19 November 2019.
- Watch the webinar (captions available)
- Text transcript
The Litter Bug and Lisa the Litter Guard booklet
Follow Lisa the Litter Guard as she helps the Litter Bug learn about waste on the Northern Beaches. This 20 page booklet includes questions and activities and is suitable for primary age students.
Swap This For That
You may want to adopt our Swap This For That Campaign and encourage students to reduce their personal use of single-use plastic.
Clean Up Australia - Schools Clean Up Day
Inspire students to learn about the impact of rubbish on their local environment while playing an active role in their community. Teachers and students can work together to clean up an area like a playground or local park.
Register your school’s clean up event at Clean Up Australia’s website.
Council resources
Other resources
- The ABC’s wider Schools Project is offering a War on Waste Schools pack
- Take3 for the Sea is offering a number of education programs
- Kimbriki have some fun and educational activities for the class room in their School Hub.
More information
Contact our waste education team for more information.
