Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Waste delegates go back to classroom
3 November 2004
Waste delegates go back to classroom
Delegates at a national waste management conference will get a taste of what Auckland schoolchildren learn every day at Waitakere City’s Waste Minimisation Learning Centre.
The Waste Management Institute New Zealand’s 16th annual conference will bring delegates from both the private and public sector to a classroom lesson and a tour of the Waitakere City Recycling and Transfer Station at the Concourse. Waitakere Transfer Station is the only one in the Auckland region to be owned by a council.
The Waitakere Learning Centre has been introducing schoolchildren to hands-on waste minimisation methods since 1999, including basic composting and worm farming.
Waste Minimisation officer Rowan Stenberg-Calder explains aspects of waste to four and a half thousand children from all over the Auckland region every year.
The delegates will sample a classroom situation in the Waitakere Learning Centre on Tuesday 9 November from 9.30am to noon.
After sitting cross-legged in the classroom floor, the delegates will tour the Station’s recycling and transfer areas, including the Vertical Compost Unit and the hazardous waste area.
ENDS
Gordon Campbell: On What’s Wrong With The Treaty Principles Bill
Watercare Services: No Cause For Concern After Slightly Elevated Levels Of Arsenic Detected In Treated Waikato River Water
Te Pāti Māori: Government’s First Year A ‘Catastrophe For Māori’
Department Of Internal Affairs: Samoan Citizenship Bill Passes Into Law
NZ National Party: National Acknowledges The Passing Of Hon Nikki Kaye
Mana Mokopuna: Children And Young People Share Vital Insights On Healing From Family Violence And Sexual Violence In New Report
NZ Government: PM Marks One Year In Government
