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Fairhall School – Waste Wise & Creative Solutions

Fairhall School’s Envirogroup has been diving deep into the kaupapa of Zero Waste. They have been exploring how they can reduce rubbish and rethink materials within their school community. Ramona and Sarah visited with the new Waste Wise programme that can be leant out to schools. It is full of activities and learning topics, and can be used for the group’s fortnightly hui, sparking lively discussion and discovery. The session began with the Waste Timeline activity, where everyone was astonished to learn that glass can take up to a million years to break down. The tauira already knew that plastic never truly decomposes — instead turning into microplastics that remain on Papatūānuku forever —...