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A Perfect Circle

By Anonymous


There has been many exciting things happening at Bay of Islands College this week, from Prefect Award ceremonies to Athletics Day. But while all the fuss and excitement was going on at the front of the school, out the back, in the Horticulture Block possibly the most exciting thing to ever happen HAPPENED!

Our Level 1 Environmental Sustainability Management students took the first step in composting the green waste produced from the healthy lunches! 

Why is this so exciting? Well for the last 3 years since I have been a teacher at Bay of Islands College I have been involved in different aspects of our waste management at school, from Paper Recycling and Rubbish Audits, Waste Free Galas and Action Plans. But no matter how hard we tried we it was hard to stop the rising tide of plastic waste that kept coming from the tuck shop.

But in 2021 we have a new awesome initiative  to provide our students with fresh healthy kai every day. Now this is the exciting part! Every week our students will be composting the waste generated from the school canteen and turning it into rich organic plant food which we will then use to feed our plants so they grow big, fresh and healthy. These vegetables will then be given back to the canteen to use in our fresh healthy lunches! You see A Perfect Circle! Well that is the plan, and although there will be a few improvements to make along the way, I feel really positive as this is a GREAT problem to have! What  we do with all the organic waste rather than how do we stop the tide of plastic and rubbish! 

It is very refreshing and I feel very proud to be playing a small part in working towards a sustainable future.

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  1. Mina Voigt4 March 2021 at 21:40

    I am so proud of how our tuck shop is now a HEALTHY nearly waste free space. And I love that we put back into the ground, what we got left over from the tuck shop. Well done Richard and students.

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    1. Anonymous7 March 2021 at 20:18

      Hi MIna, It is a very exciting opportunity, the best thing about sustainability and working towards a sustainable future is it makes you fee really good! ....................and you get strawberries !

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  2. Dan5 March 2021 at 16:45

    Awesome! initiative\solution\opportunity I would like to know the progress if possible. Dan

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    1. Anonymous7 March 2021 at 20:20

      Cheers Dan,
      We are very excited about this sustainable solution. Follow the blog, I will be talking about compost all the time, because I am obsessed with it.

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