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Every year thousands of tonnes of batteries are used in Australia, many of which dangerously end up in landfills.
The metals found in alkaline and rechargeable batteries include cadmium, mercury and lead.
If left exposed, these metals can leak and contaminate the soil and groundwater, causing significant health and environmental risks.
Rechargeable batteries are considered hazardous waste and should never be thrown away as general waste.
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Congratulations to our School Leadership Team who were commissioned into their leadership roles today. We hope you have a great year! #mericipride
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This month we received the official results for the 2021 Year 10 Middle Years Programme Personal Project. This is a ‘passion project’ where students selected an area of interest to create a product or outcome and document their learning journey in achieving the outcome. We are pleased to announce that we had 6 students achieve the highest MYP Grade that can be awarded which is a ‘7’.
Congratulations to the following students:
If you have wondered if your individual efforts to compost can make a difference, read on.....
Australian group, Compost Revolution, tested the idea across 41,000 Australian homes.
The result was 10 million kgs of food waste diverted from landfill and 19 million kgs of greenhouse gases avoided.
Just how much is 10 million kgs?
That's the equivalent of over 83,000 full-size wheelie bins of perfectly good resources U-turned out of landfill and sent back to the Earth to replenish the soil, grow veggies and plants, and sequester carbon or:
Congratulations to Year 12 students Elizabeth Ween and Freya Spring who have been accepted into the ACT Government’s Youth Advisory Council. Made up of 15 members, the Youth Advisory Council (YAC) provides young people aged between 12 and 25 years with an opportunity to take a leading role in participation and consultation activities on issues that affect their lives; raise awareness of the aspirations, needs and concerns of young people within government and the community; and facilitate interaction between young people, the ACT Government and the wider community.
Welcome Merici Staff and Students. We don’t know about you, but we’re feeling 22, 2022. Like the beloved Taylor Swift, we believe that this year will be an absolute game-changer, filled with more fun, laughs, compassion, self-love, courage, positivity and studying than any other. As your College captains we are hoping that this year will be a spectacular time in your Merici education. We would like to give a very warm welcome to everyone, especially all of our new students who have just commenced their high-school journey with us.
Welcome all to the commencement of the 2022 school year. I hope that you had a lovely summer, full of rest, rejuvenation, good health and time with your loved ones.
