The WDC Know your Waste education programme educates on sustainability and zero waste
This is an ideal half day camp activity which can be carried on in the class room
About CBEC EcoSolutions
The purpose of our education is to empower students to be actively involved in developing a sustainable future for New Zealand.
EcoSolutions uses a variety of education methods to instill in students a love for the environment and an awareness of how they can protect it.
The waste management topics we teach
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The 6’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair, Rethink, Refuse
- E-waste
- A Plastic Ocean
- Composting and worm farming
- Sustainable Packaging and litterless lunches
- The world of recycling
- Litter and pollution of waterways
- Upcycling
- Water conservation
We create learning situations selecting from the teaching strategies of
Investigation
e.g. around school waste issues, packaging in lunchboxes
Inquiry
e.g. data collection of litter on or near school grounds
Knowledge building
e.g. demonstrations, visits to resource recovery centres
Interactive learning
e.g. school garden, compost building, worm farms, following inquiry and investigative work
For more information on our education programmes, please visit – http://www.ecosolutions.org.nz/environmental-education.html



