As part of our school’s commitment to reducing our waste to landfill, we are holding a waste-free lunch day for students in Years 3-6 and, as the name suggest, we will hold them on Wednesdays in Weeks 2 to 10 across Term 4.

What is a Waste Free Wednesday?

• Pack lunches in a reusable lunchbox or bag
• Put food in reusable containers rather than wrapped in disposable packaging
• Have drinks is in a refillable bottle 
• Use fruit and vegetable scraps (e.g. apple cores and banana skins) in the compost bins at the school through our compost and worm farming system.

Why is this important?

Our school produces about 3kg of waste per student each year.  This means that combined, everyone in our school creates over 3.5 tonnes of waste from our lunches every year.  But with your assistance, we can make a great contribution towards avoiding this and protecting our world.

By helping your child pack a waste-free lunch you will help fulfil a number of goals:

• Learn about waste avoidance and recovery, including reuse and recycling
• Reduce the 13 million tons of lunch waste currently going to landfill in Australia
• Reduce the cost of waste disposal so the school’s resources can be put to better use
• Minimise litter around the school due to less waste becoming litter
• Encourage healthy eating by avoiding pre-packaged foods which tend to be high in fats, sugar, sodium and artificial ingredients
• Help you save money – an average waste-free lunch can save you $10.50 per week or $397.50 per year per child

Please visit our Facebook Page on tips to creating a waste-free lunch.  Thank you for supporting our school waste program and we look forward to seeing the impact this will have on our school and students at Coomera Rivers.