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Landfill Open Days 2009-2010 

The ‘Trip to the Tip’ Program Schedule 2009 – 20010

The NEWF will be co-ordinating two Educational Open Days at regional landfill and waste transfer stations for school students between November 2009 and June 2010. Details are included in the table below and will be up dated once confirmed.

 

Council Area & Location	Date & Time	Target Group
1. Clarence Valley Council Grafton Landfill & Recycling Centre.	Nov 2009 – During National Recycling Week	Grafton Public School
2. Richmond Valley Council Evans Head Waste Transfer Station.	28th April 2010	Woodburn Public School & Broadwater Public School
3. Richmond Valley Council Evans Head Waste Transfer Station.	29th April 2010	Evans Head K – 12 School

Each event will include a range of educational activities and substantial local Council participation.

The aim of the Open Days is to educate and inform students and the community about their local waste facility by providing an experiential learning experience.

The Educational Open Days may include:

• A tour of the gatehouse, domestic recycling, green waste, building waste and scrap metal waste areas and a demonstration of the waste trucks, compactors and other equipment;
• Tour of the Recycling Station (Grafton Only) including a demonstration of the separation and baling of recyclable paper and cardboard and a tour of the green waste processing area;
• A bus tour to the tip face to see the compactor in action, the old cells, irrigation pipes and leachate pond;
• A performance by the newly designed ‘Living Green with the Green House’ Mobile Waste Education Unit with a focus on low waste school lunches and how to divert food waste from landfill;
• Displays of ‘Greener Products’, ‘How to be Eco-Cool at School’ and ‘Composting/Worm Farming’.

By providing an organised day of information and educational activities the following objectives will be achieved:

• Introduce and inform school children and their teachers about the value of waste minimisation with the focus on reducing, reusing, recycling and resource recovery;
• Enable young people to see first hand the environmental outcome of their waste separation efforts;
• Demonstrate the problems caused by contamination in recycling; and
• Reinforce the importance of waste minimisation and good landfill management for the environment and future generations.
  

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