Western Australian schools will share more than $60,000 for projects that reduce waste disposed to landfill.
WA Environment Minister Stephen Dawson announced the funding, which will be used on a range of sustainable waste projects at 25 Western Australian primary and high schools – including education materials to encourage waste free lunches, composts, worm farms, recycling bins and a community recycling hub to collect items not recycled via kerbside bins.
The Waste Wise School program is funded by the State Government through the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Account, administered by the Waste Authority. More than 120,000 students attended the 214 accredited Waste Wise Schools across WA in 2019-20.
The program delivers educational resources and provides support to facilitate schools to avoid generating waste and to encourage diverting waste from landfill.
The Minister has also announced a new Waste Wise Schools online professional learning module in Term 4 to introduce teachers to the program and the new Waste Free Lunch Toolkit which is available now on the Waste Authority website.
Applications for the next Waste Wise School grant funding round can be made until Tuesday November 10, 2020.
For more information on the Waste Wise School program or to become accredited, visit http://www.wasteauthority.wa.gov.au
Source: WA Government