CONTENTS World overshoot day Average audit results from schools
How much needs to go to landfill Parents contribution to school
bins Parents main bin materials influenced Packaging hierarchy
Uneaten food Why is there so much uneaten food?
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World Overshoot Day As humanitys consumption of resources
increases, World Overshoot Day creeps ever earlier on the calendar
This is the day on which our total Ecological Footprint is equal to
the bio-capacity that nature can regenerate in that year. It is
calculated by calculating the ratio of global available bio-
capacity (supply) to global Ecological Footprint (demand)
multiplied by 365. Source: Global Footprint Network
www.footprintnetwork.org
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Only 5% of materials in school bins must go to landfill
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47% of materials in school bins comes from home
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47% From home 10c Containers 6% Uneaten Food 6% Food and Drink
Packaging 25% Food Scraps 10%
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375 Zip Lock bags in 1 day! Lots of packaging!
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Average number of packaging found On average, schools send #
packaging in the bin everyday Ziplocks Cutlery Small tubs Squeezies
Packaging POSSIBLY ADD IN THE COST OF EACH PER DAY, PER YEAR
ETC
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Lunchbox Packaging Hierarchy
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Nude Food = No packaging www.4myearth.com.au
www.nudefoodmovers.com.au
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Squeezy Yoghurt (sold singly) Single serve: Mass: 70 g Cost:
$1.35 Cost per kg: $19.17 Yoghurt Tubs (sold in 6 pack) Single
serve: Mass: 100 Cost: $0.75 Cost per kg: $7.50 Yoghurt Tub Bulk
serve: Mass: 1kg Cost: $6.50 Cost per kg: $6.50 (Remember the
packaging hierarchy)
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Cost of Single Serve vs Buying in Bulk Single ServeBulk Serve
Products Total Mass No. of servesPrice $ per serve (singles)Total
Mass No. of servesPrice $ per serve (bulk) Savings per school year
Tiny Teddies250g10$4.18$0.42200 g8.0$3.08$0.39$6.60 Smiths
Chips368g20$7.02$0.35175g9.5$3.18$0.33$3.33 Fruit Juice
(Apple)1200ml6$4.64$0.773000ml15.0$4.99$0.33$88.13
Water600ml12$9.96$0.8310000ml16.7$4.25$0.26$115.00
Sultanas240g6$3.71$0.621000g25.0$7.66$0.31$62.39
Shapes500g20$7.98$0.40175g7.0$2.77$0.40$0.66
Yoghurt120g12$8.59$0.721000g10.0$5.96$0.60$23.97 Nutri
Grain30g1$1.91 805g26.8$8.51$0.32$318.57
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1 days worth of uneaten food with a school population of 515
students
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Higher Up The Hierarchy: Reduce According to surveys and
research undertaken by the Australia Institute, in 2004,
Australians threw away: $2.9 billion of fresh food $876 million of
leftovers $630 million of uneaten takeaway food $596 million of
unfinished drinks $241 million of frozen food Total: $5.3 billion
wasted food/drink Wasteful Consumption in Australia The Australia
Institute - Clive Hamilton, Richard Denniss, David Baker
www.tai.org.au/Publications_Files/DP_Files/DP77SUM.pdf
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Why is there so much uneaten food? Too much food is packed
Negative consequences of bringing home uneaten food; Dont want to
hurt feelings Dont want to get in trouble Dont want to miss out on
a treat Food is not appealing/trendy/popular Dont have enough time
to eat everything, they need to play too and time is limited 8
items of food for a pre- school child