Categorieën: Alle - waste - environment - cost - materials

door Brendan Cusack 2 jaren geleden

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Classroom waste

In educational settings, managing classroom waste is a multifaceted issue that involves various stakeholders, including students, staff, and caregivers. The challenge lies in balancing cost, convenience, and environmental impact.

Classroom waste

Classroom waste

Global warming is the ongoing rise of the average temperature of the Earth's climate system which has various negative effects.

What - Pencil Case

Case
plastic good quality

Waste

can reuse if not wanted for school

purchase more?

eventual waste

last longer

plastic cheap fun

breaks easily

purchase more

more waste

organic sustainably sourced

reuse

breakdown in environment

maybe not as desirable

eraser

rubbings environmentally harmful?

better option?

only need 1

cute, uneffective

collect many

Ruler
wood

cheap

promotes logging

sustainably produced?

breakable, easily dented

organic breakdown

metal

dangerous?

Plastic

breakable

waste

Pencils
mechanical

good quality

some packaging waste from refills

plastic tube

recyclable

soft plastic to supermarket scheme

cardboard to curb side

cheap option

pretty much single use as they break easily

terracycle

plain wood

limited waste if used to snub

can be hard to hold

some have seeds

plastic coated

what is happening with the coating?

escape to environment

Textas
landfill

refillable

who responsible

Ban?

democratic vote could be HASS related

Crayons
Plastic twisty tube

Recycle

Tube recyclable?

Terracycle

Refillable?

paper covered type

small amount of waste

Messier

What - Whiteboard

Overpopulation creates an increased demand for energy as well as having negative effects on our environment and ecosystems.

Electronic

Water is essential for agricultural production and food security. It is the lifeblood of ecosystems, including forests, lakes, and wetlands.

Overpopulation affects our water and this has negative outcomes.

Individual devices

new devices

durability

are other devices durably enough for class?

cost of protection

cost of damage

can they do anything different?

Using existing units

Durability

would increased use see increase in maintenance?

is there software available to do job

research

iPad

full class set?

Whiteboard

Digital marker

Tactile - feel like writing

older options were pretty unwieldy

newer systems have a better tactile feel

how to use?

new software getting better

Survey

professional development

calibration

time to fix before writing

how often?

Are new models better?

survey

older systems seemed to need calibration every time it was used

Markers

Over-cultivation is the practice of excessive farming on a piece of land to the point of degradation of the soil as well as the land itself.

recycle

refill

multiple colours/types

all colours

higher cost

pre-assign colour choice

one or two colours plus one high-lighter colour

cheaper option

Who manages?

teacher use

another thing to have to manage

student use

individual job on job chart

spillage

single use refill

universal application

can this be used with any brand marker?

requires particular branding?

Still creating landfill

environmental cost

collect and refill solution

Infrastructure

on-going cost

efficient recycle

what product?

Glass? could be an issue with breaking at a school.

Cost

PET plastic that can be curb-side recycled. Is it compatible with the solvents?

downcycle

recycling of products into lower grade plastic for other single use items

cost

waste stream

Landfill

85% of plastic already landing here

Cheaper option for families

environmental cost offset

Families Lower Socio-economical disadvantage

How

collection box
Construction material

Metal

harder to manufacture?

strong

heavy

plastic

Waterproof

Still plastic

maybe recycled from used implements

Cardboard

not waterproof

Weak

Easy to create prototype

storage

deterioration

leaks

weight
size

Where

Drop off location
Local Primary School
Distance and time between?

Who is effected?

Environment
Environmental cost to offset monetary cost and convenience
caregivers
Cost of buying recyclable products
Staff
Create waste from the use of writing implements. Extra workload to implement project
Students
Create waste from the use of writing implements

How do you know there is a problem?

Who can you ask?
teachers
students at school
Research
waste audit

use maths to work out mass or capacity of waste

Tally and graph

surveys

survey monkey

Google forms

previous studies

literature review