Merici College Green Tip #37 - Plastic Pollution Solution
Submitted by mericiadmin on November 24, 2021 - 1:48pmPlease click here to find this week's Green Tip.
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I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our convenors, managers, coaches and parents for the effort that you have put into creating valuable opportunities for our students to participate in the Merici Co-curricular Sporting program. The contributions of our volunteers and their service as coaches and managers are at the heart of the school’s sporting program. Without their support, co-curricular sport would not exist.
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With the conclusion of the COP26, the world’s opportunity to deliver a credible, binding response to the climate crisis for which the latest science has made it abundantly clear that global emissions need to plummet this decade...
Do you think that this was considered?
More than 110 million shoes are imported into Australia each year.
One quarter of these are sports shoes with only 1% collected and recycled after use.
Shoe components take over 1000 years to break down.
This is a significant environmental concern.
When footwear is thrown out, not only do we miss the chance to divert tonnes of landfill, we miss out on the valuable opportunity to reclaim, recycle, repurpose and reuse.
Enter TreadLightly - a national recycling initiative where you can take your unwanted sports and lifestlyle footwear to be recycled.
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This is what we are aiming for....
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If you really think the environment is less important than the economy .. try holding your breath while you count your money!
Felicity Maher
Sustainability Officer
The Year 8 students have been learning about this issue, which is so important it deserves to have the awareness raised as far and wide as possible....
Have you ever thought about what happens to your old clothes after you drop them off at the op shop?
Now is the time, because these goodwill gestures are fueling an environmental catastrophe on the other side of the world.