July 6, 2017
Plastic Free July
It's not just July, it's 'Plastic Free July'! A group of students at Witherlea School have got a head-start on Plastic Free July, and have spent all term learning about what happens to our waste. They have visited Marlborough’s landfill and the resource recovery centre, which has given them a whole new perspective on how much work goes into taking care of the things that they have thrown ‘away’. Following their exploration, the students have taken action, by designing and then creating useful objects out of recycled materials – particularly single-use plastics. Check out some of their creations:
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- Cooper’s bottle top mural – a work in progress!
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- Brooke’s crocheted plastic bag fabric
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- Minion containers
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- Woven plastic bag fabric
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- Containers and a ‘pencil sharpener in a bottle’
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- Maddie, Hannah & Charlotte with their plastic bag creations