At Trash and Treasure we donated the money to Ronald McDonald  House.   Nikita.

It is called Trash and Treasure because it is trash for them and treasure for us. It was fun. I could have stayed there all day. I bought eleven things. Grade 2PM went and three other grades went too.    Kate.

At Wastebusters there was a mega can magnet and it dropped cans into a big bin. Next we went to the Transfer Station. There was a crane lifting a shed where you drop rubbish into a big bin down the edge of the drop off. Next we went to the land fill. It was over 23 years old.      Brock H

If the plastic bags go into the machine they get stuck. The truck picks up all the steel and takes it to the melting place where it is made into new metal. The cans get squashed into blocks and go to Melbourne.    Brock W

At the wastebusters there were squashed cans in a cube shape. We looked at the rubbish that was getting sorted. Do not put plastic bags in your recycling bin because the machinery will get blocked up and won’t work. Then we went to the transfer station. There were men sorting out metal. We saw a shed of things you can buy. Then we went to the landfill. The big hole was nearly full. They will cover it with the dirt that is around it. When the tip is covered it could be farm land again but there are two other holes ready to be filled with rubbish.        Sarah

Land

At landfill I had fun

No plastic bags in the recycling bin

Driving a digger

Filthy shoes

It was dirty at the landfill

Lots of green waste

Lots of rubbish.     Kyla

Welcome to Term Three. Our new theme is ‘What a Load of Rubbish!’ We look at rubbish with an emphasis on Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Children are encouraged to use the compost bin for fruit peelings and to reduce their lunch packaging. Thanks to Thomas’ apple slicer most children are eating an apple for snack which requires no packaging and cores are put in the compost bin. Thanks Thomas (also  Emily who  brought her “apple machine’ for a few days) for encouraging us all to eat a healthy snack. 

 Here are some stories titled “A Day in my Life” by a tin can. The focus of these stories is recycling.

Smash! I got thrown in the bin. “That hurt!” I said as I heard the rubbish truck. I was frightened. It picked me up with its robotic hand. When we were there I wasn’t at the dump. I was at a workshop. I was very scared. I got melted and I turned into a new Coke can.        Bella

Brrrr!!!! It is cold in this fridge. Let me out of here. Finally I am out of that fridge. Ow! Who crushed me? Do not put me in the bin. Finally I am a new can.         Mitchell.

Help!Help! i’m stuck in this stupid box. Then I heard something. Finally I am free. Oh! Oh! Not the stubby holder! Then he drank me up and he put me in the recycling bin. I went to a store. I think they are fixing me. Then I saw my body and I am a new can.        Zane

SMASH! BANG! I ended in a shop and someone bought me. I was scared. We went through the city and I was crushed. CRASH! Then I was transformed into a pencil holder.       Meisha

When I was in can city I went to a shop to see my friends on the shelves. I was picked up and put on the shelves too. Suddenly I was picked up again and this time someone bought me. I went to a house and I was put in the fridge. I was drunk and in about two minutes I was put in the recycling bin and taken to the recycling place. I was transported and melted. The next day I woke up. I was a brand new can with a new design.      Bethany