Hello everybody and welcome to St Thomas More’s Term 2 recap & Term 3 overview. Last term Leo from Why Waste got up to all sorts of fun in the gardens with the school’s yr 3 & 4 children. Check out their adventures from last term and an overview of the exciting term ahead!

Leo from Why Waste is the man on waste, and boy did the kids soak up a lot from him on the topic! They learnt all about landfill and the greenhouse emissions that are not only emitted by our landfill but by the trucks taking our waste up to Auckland because we don’t have our own!

Furthermore, they also learnt that 1/3 of our waste currently going to landfill could be diverted into simple waste systems, and ones that they can understand and use, such as worm farms & composts. They were so inspired with this new found knowledge that they designed a worm farm system for the school.

With this, they helped their school divert nearly 100% of their biodegradable waste from landfill, and made a presentation in a whole school assembly to ensure everybody was on board!