Local government

City of Albany

Waste facility tours
1.5-hour tour of the Hanrahan Road Waste Facility, which can be tailored for primary or secondary students. The tour includes a visit to the Materials Recovery Facility and Fossicker’s Tip Shop. Contact Tess to book a tour.

Waste incursions
Incursions, presentations and activities can be tailored to school requirements.

Waste audits
Assistance is available to schools wishing to conduct a waste audit, including tarps, buckets, tongs and scales.

Interactive waste sorting activity
Schools can request to loan the City’s Waste Sorting Activity, which includes large bin cutouts and icons of a range of items for students to identify which bin they should go in.

Waste educators: Andrea Smithson (Sustainability Project Officer) and Tess Bryant (Cleanaway Education Officer)
Email: andrea.smithson@albany.wa.gov.au
tess.bryant@cleanaway.com.au

City of Armadale

City of Bunbury

• The GREAT Gifting game
• The Responsible Recycler game
• The Excellent Earthcycler puzzle
• The Awesome Avoiders game
• The Terrific Taker Relay points
• Landfill is the Last Resort activity
• Containers for Change game

The games can be adjusted for age groups to make them more / less challenging. Each session commences and concludes with a summary to consolidate student learning. This program took out the Community Waste Award and Local Government Award at the 2022 WasteSorted Awards.

Waste audits
Assistance is available to schools wishing to conduct a waste audit, including tarps, buckets, tongs and scales.

City of Canning

1. The GREAT Gifting game
2. The Responsible Recycler game
3. The Excellent Earthcycler puzzle
4. The Awesome Avoiders game
5. The Terrific Taker Relay points
6. Landfill is the Last Resort activity
7. Containers for Change game

City of Cockburn

City of Joondalup

• Free and presented by an experienced educator
• Varied in duration depending on the lesson/s selected by the school
• Adaptable for any age group from Pre-primary to Year 6
• Suitable for groups of up to 33 students

City of Kwinana

Waste Education Day (Suez recoverables)
Full day waste incursion for primary schools that covers how kerbside waste is collected in Kwinana and what happens to it once it leaves their house. Each year group has a session with a waste education officer from Veolia, our waste contractor.

Assembly presentation on waste
Short ten-minute presentation to engage schools with waste. This works well with schools that have limited resources and time.

Plastic Oceans Australasia
The council can fund Plastic Oceans for the first 12 months with education facilitators. Schools are encouraged to imbue and continue with the program throughout the community until single-use plastics are phased out. The comprehensive resources support primary and secondary school students to make positive environmental changes.

School drop-off days
The City will fund and help facilitate a drop-off day for e-waste, pool covers or other items in the community and work with schools as a host.

Waste educator: Emily Tomsett
Email: Emily.Tomsett@kwinana.wa.gov.au

City of Melville

Primary school incursions
This incursion teaches students about waste through a variety of fun and interactive games developed by Recycle Right & WMRC. The games consist of:

1. The GREAT Gifting game
2. The Responsible Recycler game
3. The Excellent Earthcycler puzzle
4. The Awesome Avoiders game
5. The Terrific Taker Relay points
6. Landfill is the Last Resort activity
7. Containers for Change game

The games can be adjusted for age groups to make them more / less challenging. Each session commences and concludes with a summary to consolidate student learning. This program took out the Community Waste Award and Local Government Award at the 2022 WasteSorted Awards. For enquiries, contact Leah.Adams@melville.wa.gov.au.

Other Waste Education Services

• School assembly guest presentation
• Sustainability club support
• General enquiries and resources

City of Stirling

Waste educators support schools with ‘nude food’ lunch boxes, the three-bin system, compost, bokashi and worm farms, container deposit scheme and battery recycling.

Contact: waste.services@stirling.wa.gov.au

City of Vincent

Schools waste incursion day
Full day waste incursion for primary schools using the GREAT Games activities developed by Recycle Right & WMRC. Up to 400 students can rotate through the game activity stations in just one day.

The games consist of:

1. The GREAT Gifting game
2. The Responsible Recycler game
3. The Excellent Earthcycler puzzle
4. The Awesome Avoiders game
5. The Terrific Taker Relay points
6. Landfill is the Last Resort activity
7. Containers for Change game.

The games can be adjusted for age groups to make them more / less challenging. Each year group’s session commences and concludes as a whole group to consolidate student learning and key takeaways. This program took out the Community Waste Award and Local Government Award at the 2022 WasteSorted Awards.

Battery collection points for schools
We offer a free battery collection point for several schools already in Vincent. Battery bins are collected at the end of each school term.

Environmental grants program
Assists and encourages schools and community groups to undertake environmental projects within Vincent. We offer a helping hand to local schools and community groups that want to kick-start environmental projects. Contact Vincent’s Parks Technical Officer on 9273 6000 or email mail@vincent.wa.gov.au.

General waste education
Our waste and recycling team can help with any waste-related queries and suggest activities and resources for your school. We help you understand the 3 bin FOGO system now operating across all residential properties in Vincent and develop other school programs and activities.

Waste and Recycling Project Officer: Julie Baughan
Email: Shivi.Crowley@vincent.wa.gov.au
Phone: (08) 6112 5885

City of Wanneroo

Talking My Language learning resource
A multilingual interactive self-correcting learning resource. This set of materials is designed to assist those from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds to better understand the three-bin system and how to sort their waste. Included in the kit is a pack of waste sorting cards, three mini bins, a ‘Sorting Your Waste’ flyer, and an activity sheet, which can be used with small groups to help educate and inform. It is available in 11 languages for 3 Bin GO system and 3 Bin FOGO system and can be purchased via online form.

Further information about the kits is available at Resources and downloads - Waste services - City of Wanneroo or email Emma Syme.

Chat with a Waste Education Officer
Visit for primary schools and high schools from a waste education officer:

• School assembly guest presentation
• Class incursion
• Sustainability club support.

Interactive waste education stall
Interactive learning stall for school fetes and expos. Available during normal business hours and after hours.

Waste incursion day
Full day waste incursion for primary schools that covers:

• correct waste sorting behaviours
• waste reduction and avoidance behaviours
• alternative drop-off options to avoid landfill.

Contact enquiries@wanneroo.wa.gov.au with attention to Waste Education Team.

Waste educator: Emma Syme
Email: emma.syme@wanneroo.wa.gov.au

Town of Cambridge

HHW units for schools
We have household hazardous waste units at several primary schools in Cambridge. These units are emptied on a monthly basis.

• free and presented by an experienced educator
• varied in duration depending on the lesson/s selected by the school
• suitable for groups of up to 33 students
• adaptable for any age group from Pre-primary to Year 6
  • Rubbish to Resource (45 minutes / all age groups / one class per session, 30 min for K-PP).
  • This workshop is the introductory workshop and must be completed before any others can be chosen.
  • School Waste Audit (2 hours minimum, after lunch / Year 5-6 / Teacher assistance required / one per day).
  • Smart Shopping (45 minutes / Years 3-6).
  • The World Beneath Our Feet (45 minutes / K-6 / K-PP require teacher and EA assistance).
  • Closing the Loop on Organics (45 minutes / K-6 / K-PP require teacher and EA assistance).

Workshops are also offered to day care groups.

Veolia’s Waste Education Officer will visit schools and conduct the lesson/s the school has selected.

For further information or to make a booking, contact the Veolia Waste Education Officer, Petta, on 0448 034 260 or petta.baker@veolia.com.

Veolia WA

Veolia WA ‘Recoverables’ Waste Education councils currently include Armadale, Belmont, Cambridge, Dardanup, Kwinana, Nedlands, Joondalup. Schools in these councils are able to book the following workshops through their local council waste educator or the contact below.

1. Rubbish to Resource (45 minutes / all age groups / one class per session, 30 min for K-PP)
   This workshop is the introductory workshop and must be completed before any others can be chosen.
2. School Waste Audit (2 hours minimum, after lunch / Year 5-6 / Teacher assistance required / one per day)
3. Smart Shopping (45 minutes / Years 3-6)
4. The World Beneath Our Feet (45 minutes / K-6 / K-PP require teacher and EA assistance)
5. Closing the Loop on Organics (45 minutes / K-6 / K-PP require teacher and EA assistance)

Workshops are also offered to day care groups in some council areas and OSSC, home school and high schools are welcome to contact Petta about relevant workshops.

Waste educator: Petta Baker
Email: petta.baker@veolia.com