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Watch Out Waste Education Program

Annual Report 2014/15

June 2015

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42 McKechnie Drive Eight Mile Plains, Qld, 4113

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Disclaimer

The collection of information presented in this report was undertaken to the best level possible within the agreed timeframe and should not be solely relied upon for commercial purposes. The opinions, representations, statements or advice, expressed or implied in this report are provided in good faith. Information, statements and recommendations implied or stated in this report are limited to the nature and scope of the project and do not constitute legal advice.

Acknowledgments

EnviroCom would like to thank the staff at Logan City Council for their valuable assistance and cooperation during the 2014/15 financial year.

Project Team

Project Manager Anna Ricketts (Principal Consultant)

Project Team: Erin Dickens (Environmental Consultant) Alana Petie (Environmental Consultant) Daniel Clark (Environmental Consultant) Alix Baltais (Project Officer) Sophie Delzoppo (Project Officer)

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Table of Contents

1.0 Introduction .............................................................................................. 1

2.0 Watch Out Waste – Joint Initiatives Summary ...................................... 2 2.1. Program Coordination .................................................................................. 2

2.2. Bus-tastic Scheme ....................................................................................... 2

2.3. Public Place Displays and coordination of environment related weeks ... 2

2.4. Organics Giveaways ..................................................................................... 3

2.5. Promotional Giveaways ............................................................................... 3

3.0 Watch Out Waste- Schools Education Program Summary .................. 4 3.1. Program Promotion and Liaison ................................................................. 4

3.2. School Presentations ................................................................................... 4

3.2.1. In-Class Presentations ........................................................................................................ 4 3.2.2. Browns Plains Landfill Tours and the ‘Bus-tastic’ Scheme............................................. 5 3.2.3. Overall Participation ............................................................................................................ 5 3.2.4. Teacher Evaluation ............................................................................................................ 12

3.3. LCC Waste Management DVD ................................................................... 14

3.4. Development of props and resources for early primary .......................... 14

3.5. Update school evaluation forms ................................................................ 14

3.6. Parent information and feedback form ..................................................... 16

3.7. Targeted school education based on audit data ...................................... 17

3.8. EYL Resource Kit and Professional Development workshops ............... 18

3.9. EYL Resource Kit evaluation ..................................................................... 19

3.10. Organics Program Follow-up ................................................................... 23

3.11. Worm Farm and Compost Bin stickers ................................................... 24

3.12. Nude Food Day Competition for schools ................................................ 24

3.12.1. Competition results ......................................................................................................... 25 3.12.2. Competition follow up survey and recommendations ................................................. 25

4.0 Watch Out Waste- Community Program Summary............................. 27 4.1. Waste and Recycling Collection Calendar ................................................ 27

4.2. Community Presentation Promotion and Liaison .................................... 27

4.3. Community Group Presentations .............................................................. 27

4.4. Browns Plains Landfill Tours for Community Groups ............................. 28

4.4.3. Overall Participation .......................................................................................................... 28 4.4.4. Community Group Evaluation .......................................................................................... 29

4.5. ‘Our Logan, Our City’ Magazine Advertisements ..................................... 30

4.6. LEAF Attendance ........................................................................................ 31

4.7. Community Think Food- Rethink Waste project – recipe cards .............. 31

4.8. Weekend workshops .................................................................................. 32

4.9. Weekend Workshops Follow-up Survey ................................................... 34

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4.10. Waste Fair ................................................................................................. 35

4.11. Pilot project to assess and improve recycling in multi-unit dwellings . 36

4.12. Bus Stop Advertising ............................................................................... 39

5.0 Budget .................................................................................................... 41

Appendix 1: Watch Out Waste Primary & High School Letter & Flyer .... 42

Appendix 2: Updated School Evaluation Form ......................................... 45

Appendix 3: Recycling Parent Information and Feedback form .............. 46

Appendix 4: Letter to Schools Based on BoG Audit Data ........................ 48

Appendix 5: ELC PD Workshop Evaluation Form ..................................... 49

Appendix 6: Follow-up survey PD Workshop and EYL Kits .................... 50

Appendix 7: Compost bin & worm farm stickers ...................................... 52

Appendix 8: NFD Letter, EoI and Poster .................................................... 53

Appendix 9: Nude Food Day Resources .................................................... 55

Appendix 10: Nude Food day Nesletter (example) ................................... 57

Appendix 11: Community Group Promotional Letter and Flyer .............. 58

Appendix 12: Community Group Evaluation Form ................................... 60

Appendix 13: Think Food- Rethink Waste Recipe Card (sample) ............ 61

Appendix 14: Weekend Workshop Evaluation Form ................................ 62

Appendix 15: Logan Waste Fair Promotional Flyer .................................. 63

Appendix 16: MUDs Education Interventions ........................................... 64

Appendix 17: Bus Stop Advertisements .................................................... 67

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1.0 Introduction

Logan City residents have been able to access a kerbside recycling service since 1995. In July 2011, Logan City Council moved away from a split bin system and introduced a two-bin collection service comprising a 240-litre yellow lidded MGB for recycling and a 240-litre green or red lidded MGB for waste. Recycling is collected fortnightly and waste is collected weekly Since the introduction of kerbside recycling in Logan City, feedback from residents, and findings associated with Visy’s quarterly BoG audits, indicate that educational services relating to correct recycling and associated waste minimisation behaviours continue to be desired and required by residents. The principles and objectives in Council’s Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan 2013-2016 also support the ongoing provision of education services to ensure preferred behaviours in relation to sustainable waste management and waste minimisation are adopted and maintained. In the writing of the 2014/15 Waste Education Strategy, consideration was given to the Strategic Waste Education Plan that demonstrates how education programs can influence the fundamental and specific objectives of the Logan City Council Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan 2013-2016 over time. As a result, the annual waste education plan was strategically aligned to facilitate a wide ranging and effective influence on behaviours. To assist Logan City Council, the Watch Out Waste program aims to deliver initiatives that will:

Increase community awareness of, and participation in, waste avoidance, waste minimisation and kerbside recycling.

Reduce contamination and resource loss in the kerbside collection system. Increase community and individual awareness, concern and motivation for waste

minimisation and management. The 2014/15 Waste Education Strategy also had a number of broad community outcomes:

To provide free information and training to the Logan community, via workshops and public place displays, that will enable households to compost, worm farm or otherwise treat domestic organic waste at home (reduce waste to landfill).

Engage school communities to reduce waste and enhance resource recovery options (reduce commercial and industrial waste).

Support community messages targeting contamination reduction, resource loss, resource recovery and waste minimisation.

Provide education and communication services that promote community behaviour change through a variety of tools and communication channels.

The program consists of three main components: Joint Initiatives, the School Education Program and the Community Awareness/ Education Program. This report highlights the progress of the Watch Out Waste Education Program from July 2014 to June 2015 and provides a summary of achievements for each of the initiatives as well as a budget summary.



2.0 Watch Out Waste – Joint Initiatives Summary

2.1. Program coordination Coordination of the Watch Out Waste Education Program involved day to day maintenance tasks such as internal and external project meetings, providing website updates, database maintenance and liaison with teachers, residents, community groups and Council officers. In addition, monthly reports were provided to Council summarising the Watch Out Waste Program bookings and providing progress updates of other education initiatives as they were completed. The 2015/16 Waste Education Strategy has also been developed and has received approval from Council Committee

2.2. Bus-tastic scheme The Bus-tastic program continued in 2014/15, offering all schools and community groups in Logan a free bus allowing them the opportunity to visit the Browns Plain Landfill for free during the year. The Bus-tastic scheme has proven to be an invaluable and popular service providing local residents and students with an opportunity to participate in an excursion. A total of twenty (20) schools and community groups accessed the Bus-tastic scheme during the 2014/15 financial year. It is anticipated that this service will continue to provide schools and residents of Logan access to this unique component of the Watch Out Waste program.

2.3. Public Place Displays and coordination of environment related weeks In partnership with Logan Libraries, EnviroCom coordinated four (4) public place displays held at various libraries throughout the year. The displays included pull up banners, props resources and handouts relevant to the subject matter. The displays were unmanned by EnviroCom staff and remained set up in the libraries for one week during the display period. Three (3) of the arranged displays were held to coincide with ‘environment weeks’ and all displays were advertised through Council Libraries ‘What’s On’ booklet. Please see Table 1 below for further information on the library displays. Table 1: Public Place Displays in Libraries

Library Date Environment

week Description (as advertised in ‘What’s On’ booklet)

Beenleigh Library

10-14 November

2014

National Recycling Week

It’s National Recycling Week! Learn to live sustainably by avoiding, reducing, reusing and recycling and send less waste to landfill.

Logan North

Library

19-23 January

2015

N/A- during school holidays

Learn about home composting and worm farming, including tips on establishment and maintenance of compost and worm farm systems.

Logan Central Library

4-8 May 2015

International Composting Awareness

Week

It’s International Composting Awareness Week! Get creative with home composting and worm farming! Learn great tips on getting started.

Logan North

Library

1-5 June 2015

World Environment Day

From trash to treasure! Learn how to reuse everyday items to save you money, help the environment and is a bit of fun too! Tips and ideas on reducing waste at the shops and at home will also be discussed at the workshop. Reducing waste is just another great way to save money and our environment with little time and effort.



In consultation with the libraries, EnviroCom also facilitated four (4) community workshops to complement the display themes. A Composting and Worm Farming workshop was held at the Logan North Library, Marsden Library and Logan West Library in January, and a Rethinking Waste at Home Workshop was held at the Logan North Library in June. One compost bin or worm farm was given away at each of the workshops coordinated to coincide with library displays. These workshops ran for one hour and were included in the community presentation budget for 2014-15 as detailed in Section 4.3.

2.4. Organics giveaways All schools that participated in a Nature’s Recycler lesson as part of the Watch Out Waste program were provided with either a worm farm (and compost worms) or a compost bin, established as part of the presentation. These resources were only provided to schools and childcare centres that had not already received organics giveaways in the past two (2) contract years (since 2012/13); these schools and centres were entitled to a Nature’s Recyclers ‘Refresher’ lesson instead. Worm farms and compost bins were also provided as prizes for some community workshops, presentations and at LEAF. The number of worm farms and compost bins provided to schools during 2014/15 is detailed in Table 2, below (3.2.3).

2.5. Promotional giveaways Promotional items were used as giveaways at community workshops, at Council events e.g. Logan Waste Fair and LEAF, and in the education packs provided to schools who engage with the Watch Out Waste program. There were a number of existing giveaways carried over from the previous financial year including seed stick packs, eco pencil kits and rulers. Promotional items purchased during the 2014/15 financial year included Calico Tote Giveaway Bags and red-lidded waste and yellow-lidded recycling mini-bins. With Council approval, the promotional giveaways budget was also used to purchase a portable hands-free microphone for use during the landfill tours and community workshops, and also some more LCC staff shirts that are worn by staff to all school and community presentations.



3.0 Watch Out Waste – Schools Education Program Summary

The popular and successful Watch Out Waste School Education Program continues to educate and inform staff and students about the issues associated with waste generation and disposal to landfill, and raises awareness of waste management issues within schools. The program is based on the principles of the waste hierarchy where avoidance, reduction, reuse, recycling and recovery are promoted as being more preferable and more sustainable waste management options than waste disposal to landfill. The program aims to encourage schools to:

take responsibility for the waste they generate adopt waste minimisation techniques to reduce the amount of waste they

produce increase opportunities for resource recovery

The program also indirectly educates the community and helps to influence waste practices at home as a result of students taking home a Parent Information Survey form (delivered for the first time during the 2013/14 financial year, and detailed in section 3.6) as well as sharing the knowledge and skills learnt through the Watch Out Waste Education Program at school.

3.1. Program promotion and liaison At the beginning of Term 3, 2014 and again in Term 1, 2015, all Logan schools received an electronic copy of the updated Watch Out Waste letter and flyer, including a fax-back expression-of-interest (EOI) form. The electronic mail-out was sent to Principals and/or relevant curriculum coordinators, as well as to all teachers on the existing contact mailing list. The program flyers were developed in consultation with Council’s Community, Engagement and Marketing Branch. Schools were encouraged to display the posters in the staff rooms, enabling all teaching staff to have access to information about the program. The Watch Out Waste Program was also promoted via the Logan City Council website. Please refer to Appendix 1 for copies of the Watch Out Waste letter and flyer for primary and high schools.

3.2. School presentations All educational institutions; including day-care centres, kindergartens, vacation care providers, special schools, primary schools and high schools, were able to access the Watch Out Waste Program via in-class presentations and Browns Plains Landfill tours. The Browns Plains Landfill tours are only suitable for Grades 3 and over. While EnviroCom does not actively promote the Watch Out Waste program with Kindergartens or Early Learning Centres, the program is very relevant to this sector. It directly aligns with a number of Learning Outcomes in the Early Years Learning Framework and helps to assist centres to meet their sustainability accreditation requirements. Repeat visits, word-of-mouth and information available on Councils website or Customer Contact Centre has led to an increase in the number of presentations for the Early Learning and Childcare sector. 3.2.1. In-class presentations There were four basic lesson themes which were presented to schools in-class during 2014/15:

Waste and Recycling Think Food- Rethink Waste



Nature’s Recyclers- composting and worm farming Litter and the Environment

These lessons were popular and well received by participating schools with the ‘Waste and Recycling’ and ‘Nature’s Recyclers’ presentations being most popular. A complete list of the in-class presentations held throughout the year can be found in Table 2. 3.2.2. Browns Plains Landfill tours and the ‘Bus-tastic’ scheme Tours of the Browns Plains Landfill provide a valuable interactive learning experience for students in Logan. These tours are unique and provide participants with a first-hand experience of waste management in their local area. The Browns Plains Landfill tour includes an in-class presentation and then a behind-the-scenes coach tour of the site including the working face of the landfill and the Recycling Markets. A list of school groups who attended a Browns Plains Landfill Tour is given below in Table 3. From July 2014 - January 2015, the ‘Operations’ building, next to ‘The Shack’, was undergoing renovation. As a result, the meeting room in the Logan Waste Services Administration building was used for the classroom presentation, and could accommodate one class at a time. From January 2015 until the current time, the meeting room in the new administration building onsite has been utilised for the in-class presentation component of the landfill tour and can accommodate up to 60 students. The Bus-tastic program continued again in 2014/15 offering all schools in Logan the opportunity to visit the Browns Plains Landfill for free during the year (refer to section 2.2).. 3.2.3. Overall participation During 2014/15 the school program has remained popular, with 79 schools, kindergartens and Early Learning Centres (ELCs) participating in the Watch Out Waste Program during the year. Table 4 gives a summary of the overall participation in the program, and shows how these figures have changed since 2006.



Table 2: Details of In-class presentations from July 2014 - June 2015

School Name Date Year Level

Number of

Classes Presentation Title

Audience Participation

Numbers (approx.)

Number of Worm Farms

Number of

Compost Bins

July 2014

John Paul College ELC 1/7/14 K 1 Worm farm set up 15 1 0

Parklands Christian College 2/7/14 P-12 1 Worm farm set up 35 1 0

Natural Elements ELC 3/7/14 K 1 What is litter? 30 0 0

Goodstart Third Ave 9/7/14 K 1 Worm farm refresher 20 0 0

Scallywags Home Family Day Care 9/7/14 K 1 Yellow or green 4 0 0

Hillcrest Sunkids ELC 10/7/14 K 2 Worm farm set up 40 1 0

Emmaus ELC 16/7/14 K 2 Worm farm set up 22 1 0

Scallywags Home Family Day Care 16/7/14 K 1 Worm farm set up 8 1 0

Jimboomba State School 17/7/14 4 4 Think food rethink waste 115 0 0

C&K Waterford Community Kindy 21/7/14 K 1 What is litter? 24 0 0

Goodstart Third Ave 22/7/14 K 1 Yellow or green 20 0 0

Windaroo PCYC OSHC 22/7/14 P-7 2 Worm farm set up 60 1 0

Calvary Christian College 23/7/14 8 1 Think food rethink waste 15 0 0

Calvary Christian College 24/7/14 8 2 Think food rethink waste 30 0 0

C&K Waterford Community Kindergarten 25/7/14 K 1 What is litter? 24 0 0

Woodhill C&K 29/7/14 K 1 Worm farm set up 24 1 0

Canterbury College ELC 31/7/14 K 3 Worm farm refresher 72 0 0

August 2014

Sunkids Hillcrest 1/8/14 K 1 Yellow or green? 24 0 0

Bardon Road Behaviour Support 1/8/14 P-5 2 Waste and recycling 15 0 0

Calvary Christian College 5&6/8/14 P-6 12 Worm farm refresher 300 0 0

Sunkids Hillcrest 7/8/14 K 1 What is litter? 24 0 0

Shailer Park ELC 14/8/14 K 1 Worm farm set up 24 1 0

Boronia Heights State School 19/8/14 3-7 5 Think food rethink waste 140 0 0




Number of



Numbers (approx.)


Number of

Compost Bins

C&K Crestmead 19/8/14 K 1 Yellow or green? 24 0 0


C&K Crestmead 21/8/14 K 1 Yellow or green? 24 0 0


Mt Warren Park PCYC OSHC 25/8/14 P-7 2 Waste and recycling 50 0 0

Mt Warren Park C&K 26/8/14 K 1 Waste and recycling? 24 0 0

Shailer Park State High School 26/8/14 8 2 Waste and recycling? 60 0 0

Eager Bees ELC 27/8/14 K 1 Compost set up 24 0 1

Mt Warren Park C&K 28/8/14 K 1 What is litter 24 0 0

Springwood Road State School 29/8/14 3-4 3 Waste and recycling 84 0 0

September 2014

C&K Mt Warren Park 1/9/14 K 2 Compost set up 22 0 0

John Paul College 2/9/14 3 4 Litter & the environment 88 0 0

Shailer Park State High School 2/9/14 8 2 Waste and recycling 60 0 0

C&K Logan Reserve 3/9/14 K 1 Worm farm refresher 22 0 0

Greenbank State School 8/9/14 4/5 1 Think food rethink waste 28 0 0

St Francis College OHSC 9/9/14 P-7 1 Worm farm set up 26 1 0

C&K Crestmead 10/9/14 K 1 Waste and recycling 22 0 0

St Matthews Catholic Primary School 11/9/14 2 3 Litter & the environment 80 0 0

John Paul College 12/9/14 11 3 Compost set up 70 0 1

Kimberley College 17/9/14 8-10 1 Litter & the environment 16 0 0

Parklands ELC 24/9/14 K 1 Waste and recycling 22 0 0

Little Aussie Kids ELC 23/9/14 K 1 Worm farm set up 24 1 0

Parklands Drive ELC 24/9/14 K 1 Waste and recycling 24 0 0

Goodstart Daisy Hill 25/9/14 K 2 Waste and recycling 40 0 0

Edens Landing Children’s Centre 26/9/14 K 1 Compost set up 25 0 1




Number of



Numbers (approx.)


Number of

Compost Bins

October 2014

Parklands Drive ELC 1/10/14 K 2 Worm farm refresher 27 0 0

Goodstart Flagstone 1/10/14 K 2 Worm farm refresher 20 0 0

St Bernadine's OSHC 1/10/14 Prep-8 2 Waste and recycling 60 0 0

Goodstart Daisy Hill ELC 8/10/14 K 1 Worm farm set-up 24 1 0

Beenleigh State High School 10/10/14 9 1 Waste and recycling 6 0 0

Logan Reserve State School 14/10/14 1 3 Worm farm refresher 75 0 0

Wandilla Magic OSHC 14/10/14 P-5 1 Worm farm set-up 10 1 0

St Paul’s Primary 15/10/14 P-7 3 Litter, waste & recycling 75 0 0

St Paul’s Primary 16/10/14 P-7 3 Litter, waste & recycling 75 0 0

C&K Rochedale South 21/10/14 K 2 Waste and recycling 46 0 0

C&K Rochedale South 23/10/14 K 2 Waste and recycling 46 0 0

Beenleigh State High School 31/10/14 9 1 Think food rethink waste 6 0 0

November 2014

Beenleigh State High School 3/11/14 9 1 Worm farm refresher 10 0 0

Waterford State School 7/11/14 3-6 1 Compost refresher 24 0 0

Kaleidoscope Kids ELC 25/11/14 K 1 Worm farm set up 24 1 0

December 2014

Waterford West Sac PCYC 10/12/14 P-7 1 Waste and recycling 35 0 0

Waterford West Sac PCYC 15/12/14 P-7 1 Worm farm set up 35 1 0

January 2015

Kimberley Park OSHC 12/01/15 P-7 1 Litter & the environment 30 0 0

Play And Learn ELC 28/01/15 K 1 Worm farm refresher 25 0 0

Goodstart Browns Plains Rd 30/01/15 K 1 Worm farm refresher 20 0 0

February 2015

Waterford State School 27/02/15 2-4 1 Worm farm refresher 25 0 0




Number of



Numbers (approx.)


Number of

Compost Bins

March 2015

Shailer Road Community Kindy 03/03/15 K 2 Worm farm refresher 44 0 0

Charley’s Place ELC, Underwood 04/03/15 K 1 Waste and recycling 24 0 0

Shailer Road Community Kindy 05/03/15 K 2 Worm farm refresher 44 0 0

Logan Reserve State School 05/03/15 2 2 Litter & the environment 50 0 0

Browns Plains State School 06/03/15 2 5 Litter & the environment 50 0 0

C&K Crestmead 09/03/15 K 1 Worm farm refresher 24 0 0

Woodridge State School 09/03/15 4 2 Waste and recycling 100 0 0

Chatswood Hills State School 10/03/15 1 3 Litter & the environment 78 0 0

Edens Landing State School 12/03/15 1 4 Litter & the environment 103 0 0

Shailer Park State School 13/03/15 P-7 Entire school

Composting 370 0 0

Shailer Park State School 13/03/15 4 2 Composting 40 0 0

C&K Crestmead 13/03/15 K 1 Composting 24 0 0

Jimboomba ELC 16/03/15 K 1 Waste and recycling 14 0 0

C&K Regents Park 16/03/15 K 1 Worm farm refresher 22 0 0

Canterbury College ELC 18/03/15 K 3 Worm farm refresher 72 0 0

Aussie Adventures Childcare 19/03/15 K 2 Waste and recycling 48 0 0

Bardon Rd Behaviour Support Program 19/03/15 P-5 2 Waste and recycling 11 0 0

C&K Regents Park 19/03/15 K 1 Worm farm refresher 22 0 0

The Boulevard ELC Windaroo 30/03/15 K 2 Composting 24 0 0

Kimberley Park State School 30/03/15 1/2 1 Waste and recycling 40 0 0

April 2015

Ariel Childcare Centre And Preschool 01/04/15 K 1 Compost set up 30 0 1

Mt Warren Park State School 02/04/15 6 4 Waste and recycling 84 0 0

Amaze Active Crestmead 07/04/15 K 1 Waste and recycling 30 0 0




Number of



Numbers (approx.)


Number of

Compost Bins

Woodridge State School 23/04/15 6 4 Waste and recycling 100 0 0

C&K Rochedale South 27/04/15 K 2 Worm farm refresher 44 0 0

C&K Rochedale South 30/04/15 K 2 Worm farm refresher 48 0 0

May 2015

Cottage Kindy Loganholme 04/05/15 K 1 Waste and recycling 12 0 0

Parklands Drive Early Years 14/05/15 K 1 Waste and recycling 15 0 0

Browns Plains Kids ELC 15/05/15 K 1 Compost 30 0 0

Kimberly College Primary School 21/05/15 P-4 2 Natures recyclers 35 1 1

Kimberly College Primary School 21/05/15 P-4 2 Think food rethink waste 35 0 0

Flagstone C&K 25/05/15 K 1 Waste and recycling 22 0 0

Flagstone C&K 29/05/15 K 1 Waste and recycling 18 0 0

June 2015

Tiggers Place ELC 01/06/15 K 1 Worm farm refresher 25 0 0

C&K Windaroo 02/06/15 K 1 Worm farm refresher 24 0 0

The Nest At Eagleby 02/05/15 K 1 Waste and recycling 19 0 0

Tanah Merah Early Learning 03/06/15 K 1 Waste and recycling 23 0 0

C&K Windaroo 04/06/15 K 1 Worm farm refresher 22 0 0

Springwood Road State School 12/06/15 3/4 3 Waste and recycling 112 0 0

Waterford C&K 15/06/15 K 1 Worm farm refresher 24 0 0

Waterford C&K 18/06/15 K 1 Worm farm refresher 24 0 0

Kids Village ELC 19/06/15 K 1 Worm farm set up 20 1 0

St Bernadine’s OSHC 30/06/15 P-8 2 Worm farm set-up 105 1 0

112 Unique Engagements 198 5081 17 5



Table 3: Details of Browns Plains Landfill Excursions- July 2014 – June 2015


Duration Number of Classes Audience

Participation Numbers (approx..)

Jimboomba State School 14/7/14 4 Full day tour 2 60

Jimboomba State School 15/7/14 4 Full day tour 2 60

Team Home Education 18/7/14 1-7 Half day tour 1 30

Woodridge North State School 21/8/14 4 Full day tour 2 60

Logan City Special School 28/8/14 P-7 Half day tour 4 28

Kids First Vacation Care Service 2/10/14 4-7 Half day tour 1 28

St Pauls Primary 9/10/14 3-7 Half day tour 1 26

Calvary Christian College 13/10/14 8 Half day tour 1 44

Kimberly College 22/10/14 8-10 Half day tour 1 16

Logan City Special School 30/10/14 3-4 Half day tour 1 18

Kingston State School 13/11/14 4 Full day tour 3 81

Logan City Special School 17/11/14 3-4 Half day tour 1 6

Regents Park State School 27/11/14 4 Full day tour 3 83

Woodridge State School 9/12/14 4 Full day tour 4 95

Rochedale South State School 04/03/15 4 Half day tour 2 56

Calvary Christian College 15/05/15 8 Half day tour 1 33

St Josephs Tobruk 16/06/15 4 Half day tour 2 60

Jimboomba South State High School 24/06/15 8 Half day tour 1 12

18 Unique Engagements 33 796



Table 4: Summary of Schools Program

2014/15 2013/14 2012/13 2011/12 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006

In class presentations

Number of Schools/ ELCs

visited 70 94 67 43 38 21 16 18 14

Number of Classes 198 236 229 166 261.5 100 61 53 36

Number of Students 5081 5635 4894 4984 7129 2546 1622 1681 1125

Browns Plains Landfill tours

Number of Schools 14 18 15 26 30 27 29 22 24

Number of Classes 33 75 34 82 86 78 83 52 50

Number of Students 796 1932 1248 2243 2118 2028 2010 1383 1404

3.2.4. Teacher evaluation In order to gauge the effectiveness of the Watch Out Waste Program, it is important to gain feedback from those who use it. Direct feedback from teachers is an essential tool for monitoring and reviewing the success of the program and ensuring its ongoing relevance and interest. All teachers who came into direct contact with the program were requested to complete an evaluation form. A copy of the school evaluation form is available in Appendix 2. Teachers were asked to rate various aspects of the presentation (content, age appropriateness, activities, duration, resources and compatibility with curriculum) on a scale from Excellent to Poor. Teachers consistently rated the various aspects of the program highly, with 91% of teachers rating each aspect of the program as either ‘Excellent’ or ‘Very Good’. Teachers were also asked to rate the Educator on the same scale, with 99% of teachers rating the educator as either ‘Excellent’ or ‘Very Good’. The results of these evaluations can be seen below in Figure 1 and Figure 2.



Figure 1: School presentation ratings

Figure 2: School educator ratings

On the evaluation forms, additional space was provided for teachers to give comments on the lesson. Below are some examples of teacher comments: “Compatible with many curriculum areas. Great!” – St Matthews Catholic College, Litter and the Environment “Professional, organised. Very good with the diverse age groups.” – Calvary Christian College, Nature’s Recyclers.

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“Very clear and age-appropriate presentation. Presenter worked very well with this age group.” – Greenbank State School, Think Food Rethink Waste “Very interesting content and really well presented. Engaged the students. Lots of questioning was really great and kept students captivated.” – John Paul College, Nature’s Recyclers. “Arrived early to set-up, beautifully interacted with children throughout lesson, gave each child opportunity to ask a question” – Wandilla Outside School Hours Care, Nature’s Recyclers “Included the children in the presentation. Got them thinking about their own practices and expanding on their knowledge” – Kimberly Park State School PCYC, Litter and the Environment

The completed evaluation forms allow EnviroCom to not only monitor the ongoing success and effectiveness of the Watch Out Waste program throughout the year, but also to use the teachers’ comments and ideas to update and amend presentations or activities as required, or to shape new activities or additional presentation content. This helps keep the program fresh, current, accurate and engaging. The results and feedback from the 2014/15 program evaluations will be taken into consideration during the preparation and delivery of the Watch Out Waste program in 2015/16.

3.3. LCC Waste Management DVD Fifty (50) additional copies of Logan City Council’s Waste Management Education DVD were ordered from Sound Images. An excerpt from the DVD is shown as part of the Browns Plains Landfill tours and a copy of the DVD is given out, as part of the education packs, to all teachers that participate in the landfill tour. Based on verbal feedback received from teachers, this DVD is considered a valuable educational resource that assists in follow-up after the landfill tours and in consolidating student knowledge.

3.4. Development of props and resources for early primary The resources which are used in the Watch Out Waste education program play an integral part to the education experience. Teachers value the quality and availability of resources and the majority of teachers (91%) have indicated that EnviroCom educators use “excellent” or “very good” resources during in-class presentations. In order to continue providing high quality waste education, EnviroCom recently reviewed the resources to ensure that all Power Point presentations, posters and props had up to date imagery, complied with the Logan Presentation templates and were safe for children to handle.

3.5. Update school evaluation forms In July 2014, the Watch Out Waste school evaluation forms were updated to include a ‘Pledge of Commitment’ option for students and teachers. Following the delivery of each school presentation, class teachers and/or student representatives were asked to facilitate the Pledge of Commitment activity with their students or peers. The form gave classes the option of either choosing an existing pledge relating to their lesson topic, or writing their own pledge based on their individual/school circumstances, e.g. current units of work or existing school facilities. Following the lesson, teachers were emailed their Pledge of Commitment along with a number of



suggestions on how to ensure the pledge is honoured by the class. An example of one pledge of commitment form can be found in Appendix 2. In order to evaluate the longer term effects and behaviour change impact of the program on classes that received a Watch Out Waste presentation in 2014-15, a follow-up survey was sent to teachers whose classes received a lesson. The survey was sent once in November 2014 and again in June 2015. Results received by teachers indicated that the Watch Out Waste program was well received and, for the most part, the key messages of each presentation were well utilised and integrated into the student’s routine for the year. A summary of results showed that of the respondents, all ‘strongly agreed’ that their students seem more conscious of waste related issues following the Watch Out Waste lesson (Figure 3). Figure 3: Responses to “Our students seem more conscious of waste related issues following the Watch Out Waste lesson”

The data suggest that by providing students and teachers with clear opportunities to initiate change, the pledge of commitment may serve as a catalyst for improved waste management behaviours in classrooms. The majority of respondents (85%) ‘strongly agreed’ that the pledge of commitment assisted in raising environmental awareness and changing student behaviour over the longer term. Only one respondent was unable to honour the pledge of commitment, whilst all others used a variety of methods to honour the pledges made. These methods included posting the pledge somewhere where all students could read it, referring to the pledge in class discussions and reciting the pledge together as a class (Figure 4).

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Figure 4: Responses to “How did your class honour your pledge of commitment?”

In order to better understand which behavioural changes teachers had actually attributed to their pledge of commitment, teachers were asked how they monitored the action taken by their class The majority of respondents reported that their class ‘reduced reused and recycled wherever possible’ while others used their pledge as a starting point for class discussions about waste. These responses are summarised below in Figure 5. Figure 5: Responses to “How did you monitor the action taken on your class' pledge of commitment?”

3.6. Parent information and feedback form To align with the in-class presentations, currently offered through the school Watch Out Waste program, EnviroCom developed and printed four types of parent information and feedback forms. The forms provided information on Recycling, Worm Farming and Composting, Litter, and Food Waste. Every student that participated in the Watch Out Waste program was provided with a form to take home. The coordinating teachers were given a reply paid envelope in which to return completed forms to EnviroCom. As an incentive for students and parents, all completed forms were entered into a draw to win a $50 Event Cinemas

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gift card drawn each school term. A copy of the Recycling Parent Information and Feedback Form is provided in Appendix 3 The information provided on the forms is designed to inform, educate and reiterate desired ‘in-home’ behaviours in relation to sustainable waste management and waste minimisation. The feedback form also assists Council to ascertain the ‘reach’ of the school education programs by helping to determine what influence the program is having on informing and helping change behaviours in the home. From August 2014 to June 2015, forms were received from 144 Logan households. Of the responses that were received, 57% of parents/caregivers indicated that, prior to reading the brochure, they were aware of their child’s involvement with the Watch Out Waste program. 76% also indicated that their child has shared information about the specific lesson they received as part of the program. 75% of parents/caregivers indicated that they have seen a change in their child’s behaviour since participating in the WOW presentation and 96% of parents/caregivers indicated that the leaflet will be helpful to them and their child at home. Parents/caregivers were given the opportunity to provide any comments following the survey questions. Please see below for a selection of comments received: Due to the girls’ interest in the worm farm set-up they had at afterschool care with Miss Alana we are in the process of setting up our own worm farm at Home! – Wandilla Magic Childcare Centre This leaflet has all the information I need to stop and reduce the amount of waste we're creating – St Pauls Catholic Primary Woodridge Thank you for sharing this wonderful information, my child has learnt a lot. Now she knows what rubbish to put in which bin – Springwood Rd SS

Kaiya has been eating all his lunch and taking a drink bottle every day. Kaiya has been placing his banana peels in the worm bucket instead of the bin. – Boronia Heights State School We already try to reduce and recycle. The leaflet reminded us. – St Mathews Primary Georgia is more aware of what she does with her littler and has been pointing out when she sees litter laying around :) – Logan Reserve State School Overall, the parent feedback forms appeared to be an effective means of extending and assessing the influence of in-class presentations on at-home behaviours. The majority of respondents indicated an observed change in their child’s behaviour after participating in the Watch Out Waste program, including the sharing of information with other family members. Furthermore, many of the comments suggest that the form acted as a catalyst for conversations at home about waste management practices. Almost all respondents indicated that the leaflet would be useful in informing the way they dispose of waste at home.

3.7. Targeted school education based on audit data Using the results from the quarterly Basket of Goods (BoG) audits conducted on Logan’s domestic recycling bins, it is possible to identify the suburbs with the highest levels of recycling bin contamination.



During this financial year it was decided to target the primary and high schools in these suburbs, through the popular Watch Out Waste program, to try and encourage community behaviour change through education. A letter was sent to the school Principals via electronic mail out. A copy of this letter is provided in Appendix 4. Based on data from the May 2014 audits, the suburbs with the highest levels of contamination were Waterford and Regents Park and all schools in these areas were contacted in August 2014. Based on data from the February 2015 audits, the suburbs with the highest levels of contamination were Loganholme and Boronia Heights and all schools in these areas were contacted in April 2015. While budget was originally allocated for three mail outs, the results from the November BoG audit did not include the truck rego details. This makes it impossible to be able to trace the suburbs which the trucks serviced. In consultation with Council, it was agreed to only complete two of the mail outs and this is reflected in the budget detailed in Section 5.0.

3.8. EYL Resource Kit and Professional Development workshops Early Years Learning (EYL) Resource Kits were provided to Early Learning Centres (ELCs) following two Professional Development Workshops held in November 2014 and March 2015. These took place at the Logan Hyperdome Library and the Logan Central Library respectively. The workshops were designed to introduce Centre staff and directors to the EYL Resource Kit, discuss the benefits of becoming more involved in waste minimisation, and demonstrate the variety of ways the EYL Resource Kit could be utilised by Centres. The recycling practices of Centres attending these sessions are shown in Figure 6. The Professional Development Workshops were well received and attended by 45 staff and directors from 33 Early Learning Centres, Kindergartens and/or Day Care Centres across Logan. Each ELC received one EYL Resource Kit and all workshop participants were provided with relevant information, knowledge and skills to assist them to best utilise the EYL Resource Kit to implement sustainable waste management practices in their Centre. Participants were given an evaluation form and requested to provide feedback on the workshops, to outline their Centre’s current waste practices, and to indicate their confidence in using the EYL Resource Kit as an educational tool.



Figure 6: Current recycling practices of Early Learning Centres with staff attending Professional Development Workshops.

Overall the Professional Development Workshops were very well received with over 95% of participants indicating that the Kit will become a valuable resource and that they are confident in using it as an educational tool in their Centres. 100% of participants agreed that the workshops met their expectations and needs, that the presenter communicated the information in a clear and concise manner, and that the libraries were either adequate or excellent venues for the workshops. The majority of the participants believed the workshop duration was appropriate with two participants suggesting it was too short. There were many suggestions for a Professional Development Workshop related specifically to composting and worm farming from participants, this was raised by the audience at the conclusion of the presentation and is reflected in the closing comments in eight evaluation forms. Some additional comments from workshop participants are provided below: “It was really good. I hope that we can get everyone on board”. “The presentation was wonderful. We will be planning to utilise the workshops in the future”. “Thoroughly enjoyed, very insightful. Excellent and useful information.” A copy of the ELC Professional Development workshop evaluation form can be found in Appendix 5.

3.9. EYL Resource Kit evaluation In order to evaluate the longer term success and effectiveness of the Early Years Learning (EYL) Resource Kits and Professional Development (PD) workshops, EnviroCom developed a follow-up survey for distribution to participants approximately 6 months following the first (April 2014) PD workshops. The aim of this survey was to

Paper 38%

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determine the longer term success and application of the kit and workshops in assisting Centres to holistically address and improve waste management practices in their Centres. A copy of the survey questions can be found in Appendix 6. The survey was sent to all 25 Centres whose staff attended the Professional Development workshops in April 2014. Survey questions assessed whether the information presented in the workshop, and the provision of a free EYL Resource Kit to all centres, assisted ELC’s overcome barriers and implement more sustainable waste management practices at their centres. Participants were asked if, prior to attending the workshop, they were aware of the linkages between waste generation and natural resource loss, and if they were already practicing waste minimisation activities at their Centre. 100% of respondents indicated a neutral to negative response and that ‘time’, ‘space’ and ‘knowledge’ were the barriers to any implementation. The following comment was made by a respondent who indicated ‘time’ as a barrier to implementation: “It takes time to put some things into place as it requires the participation of others to make it a long term affair. This requires people to develop their knowledge and to come to consensus about procedures. All of this takes time so adopting a few things at a time”. Participants were then asked if, since attending the workshop they have adopted or improved any waste management activities in their Centre, 100% indicated a positive response.

Figure 7 below illustrates the types of behaviour change that have been adopted by ELC’s since attending the workshop.



Figure 7: Improved or adopted waste minimization practices at ELCs after attending April 2014 Professional Development workshops.

The majority of ELC’s indicated that they have adopted more than one type of behaviour change since attending the PD workshop. As seen in

Figure 7, the most commonly adopted behaviour change was to improve waste minimisation behaviours and to improve participation in existing services. Participants were asked to indicate which of the educational tools and resources available in the EYL Resource Kit they used, and how useful they found them. Overall, 78% of respondents indicated they have used one or more tools in the kit since attending the workshop. Figure 8 illustrates the use of the three broad Kit tools as indicated by respondents and Figure 9 indicates how useful participants found the tool at their ELC. Figure 8 indicates the majority of participants favoured the story books and included activities over the other tools available in the Resource Kit.

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Figure 9 indicates that, when used, participants found the tools in the Resource Kit to be ‘Very useful’ to ‘Neutral’. One participant suggesting the Waste calculator tool was not useful at all, although this was possibly because they had not engaged with this tool. Participants were asked to report on any behaviour change they have noticed in the children at their Centre in relation to waste since using the education tools in the Resource Kit. Participants responded positively with 86% indicating that they had noticed behaviour change in the children. Participants were given the opportunity to provide further comment on this question, please see below for the list of comments provided: “More children are remembering to follow recycling”. “They are more aware and are encouraging others”. “Have increased recycling of bottles and reduced usage of printing.” Participants were asked if; since attending the workshop they have become more aware of the amount of waste produced at their Centre, and; if the information presented in the workshop increased their ability to raise awareness of waste sustainability with the staff and children at their Centres. 100% of survey participants responded, by either agreeing or strongly agreeing to these questions. Conclusions The survey feedback was received from workshop participants prior to carrying out the 2014-15 PD workshops. All feedback outlined in this document was taken into consideration while preparing for the 2014-15 workshop series. It is considered most important that Centre staff are fully aware of how to use all of the tools in the resource kit, in conjunction with each other, and the potential value

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the Resource Kit could provide to their Centre when used correctly. Based on feedback provided, the following changes were made to the 2014-15 workshop series:

1. Higher emphasis on addressing any barriers between directors and staff. Based on the abundance of positive feedback received from respondents about the workshop and their resulting increase in waste management knowledge, it would be expected that ELCs would be highly engaged in all available resources provided to them in the Resource Kit. Comments received throughout the survey may be an indication that workshop attendees are struggling to overcome implementation barriers with other staff that would also be responsible for using the Resource Kit within their Centre. An interactive activity to address the barriers and motivators to behaviour change was implemented during the 2014-15 workshops

2. Increased focus on ELC ‘familiarity’ and ‘relatability’ to all tools in the resource

kit. When questioned about the use and usefulness of kit tools, participants displayed a higher use and greater appreciation for the story books and included activities than the other tools in the Resource Kit. This may be due to the level of familiarity participants associate with story books in their Centre, compared to CD based resources which require an increased level of staff interaction and some familiarity with the Excel program. Staff were given an opportunity to become more familiar with the waste calculator tool and its application during the 2014-15 PD workshops.

It is recommended that further follow-up surveys are completed during the 2015-16 financial year to gather feedback from participants that attended the 2014-15 workshops.

3.10. Organics program follow-up

Throughout the year, eight (8) schools and fifteen (15) Early Learning Centres participated in a Nature’s Recyclers lesson and received a worm farm or compost bin as part of the organics program. In order to evaluate the success and use of the organics program, EnviroCom developed an online survey that was distributed, via Objective, to all contact teachers that had received a compost bin or worm farm. The survey was sent to teachers approximately six (6) months after their Nature’s Recyclers lesson to allow time for schools/centres to independently establish and maintain their worm farm or compost bin. The first survey was distributed in November 2014 and the second survey was distributed in May 2015 Of the responses received, the results indicate that 100% of systems established by the Watch Out Waste team in schools and centres across Logan are currently in use and being maintained by students and teachers. From the survey results, 50% of teachers indicated that they use their worm farm once a week or more, and 50% of teachers indicated that they use their worm farm or compost bin at least once a month or less. 100% of teachers indicated that they had not encountered any maintenance issues with their worm farm or compost bin, apart from one participant raising some concern with the lengthy decomposition time of their compost. Of the survey participants, 100% of participants who received a worm farm indicated that they had used the liquid fertiliser or castings from their organic system on their gardens. While none of those who received a compost bin had used the compost on their garden, 50% of respondents had incorporated their system into other



educational units. In addition, the survey results indicate that 100% of teachers and students are diverting at least 1-2L of food scraps and 25L or less of garden waste per week. Teachers were asked if they would like to be contacted by the Watch Out Waste team to receive a refresher lesson or staff training on their existing system. The majority of survey participants said they would like to receive a refresher lesson or staff training; these teachers will be contacted to arrange a booking in the 2015/16 financial year. Overall, survey respondents indicated that they were satisfied with the Nature’s Recyclers lesson that they received and that the systems established in 2014/15 are functioning and being correctly maintained.

3.11. Worm farm and compost bin stickers In response to feedback from teachers, EnviroCom developed and printed two how-to ‘trouble shooting’ stickers for attachment to the lids of compost bins or worm farms during Watch Out Waste ‘Natures Recyclers’ and ‘Natures Recyclers Refresher’ lessons for schools and Early Learning Centres. The stickers act as a visual reminder for students and teachers by providing key information and maintenance advice about how to keep their compost bin or worm farm system healthy and active in the longer term. As these systems are often located outside, stickers were printed on durable, UV-resistant, vinyl sticker stock. A copy of the stickers can be found in Appendix 7.

3.12. Nude Food Day competition for schools The Nude Food Day competition was held again in 2014 to coincide with Nutrition Australia’s National Nude Food Day. The competition aimed at reducing the amount of packaging waste in school lunchboxes. Promotion for the competition was sent electronically to all Logan primary and secondary school principals as well as to class teachers on the existing Watch Out Waste contacts list. Promotion was sent mid-Term 3 2014 and included a letter detailing the competition and an Expression of Interest form. School administration also received a copy of the Nude Food Day promotional poster and were requested to pin this on a staff notice board or similar. Copies of the letter, EOI and poster can be found in Appendix 8. Further promotion was aided by a posting on Council’s Facebook page and via the Waste Education pages of the Council website. Smash Enterprises (partner of Nutrition Australia) also provided a Nude Food Movers prize pack to one lucky class following their registration. Expressions of interest for the Nude Food Day competition were received from 10 Logan primary schools that included 40 classes and a total of 949 students. Schools participating in the competition were:

Logan Reserve State School

Boronia heights State School

Greenbank State School

Jimboomba State School

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Shailer Park State School

St Bernadine’s Primary School

St Francis College

Woodhill State School

Woodridge State School There were two lunchbox inspections undertaken by participating classes during the Nude Food Day Competition; the ‘Pop-lunchbox inspection’ and the ‘Nude Food Day lunchbox inspection’. The pop-lunchbox inspection determined the number of packets each participating class generated on a ‘normal’ day. Following the initial inspection, participating classes received a variety of relevant resources to help them prepare for Nude Food Day. Resources included information for parents, lesson plans and various age appropriate activities. A number of the activities provided to schools were developed by EnviroCom. Additional resources were also supplied by Nutrition Australia. Copies of the resources developed by EnviroCom can be found in Appendix 9. During one week in October, each participating class chose a suitable day to celebrate Nude Food Day with 589 Logan primary and secondary school students completing a Nude Food Day lunch box inspection. The Nude Food Day inspection results were compared to those generated in the ‘pop-lunch box inspection’ to reveal the reduction in packet waste achieved by each participating class. 3.12.1. Competition results Results for the Nude Food Day competition were determined based on comparisons between Pop-lunchbox inspection data and Nude Food Day inspection data. Results were analysed and prizes were awarded based on the reduction in the average number of packets per student from the initial inspection to the Nude Food Day inspection. The pop-lunch box inspection revealed a massive 3,560 wrappers, packets and disposable products in the lunch boxes of 949 Logan primary and secondary school students on their allocated Nude Food Day. Based on these figures, an average school lunch box contains at least 4 pieces of packaging waste every day. This equates to 750 pieces of packaging waste generated from a single lunch box over a school year. On Nude Food Day, participating classes achieved a significant reduction of 2,400 packets in their lunch boxes on Nude Food Day 2014. All classes who participated in the competition received a newsletter-style summary of the competition, along with a school specific section that schools could choose to include in their own newsletters. A copy of a sample newsletter can be found in Appendix 10. The overall competition winners were a Grade 4 class from Greenbank State School who achieved zero waste in their lunchboxes on Nude Food Day, and a Grade 4 class from Jimboomba State School who produced just five packets in their lunchboxes on Nude Food Day. Both these classes received a visit from the ‘Smoothie Cycle’ and pedal powered their own heathy fruit smoothies into their Nude Food Day reusable cups. 3.12.2. Competition follow up survey and recommendations A survey was distributed, via Objective, to all contact teachers that participated in the 2014 Nude Food Day competition. The survey link was sent to teachers with the



newsletter summary and was designed to gain feedback and to determine the relevance and value of the competition to their class. Unfortunately, the survey only received two (2) responses from participating classes. The teachers who responded to the survey were from Greenbank State School and Park Ridge State School. Both teachers agreed that the students were surprised by the large number of waste packets in their lunch boxes; that the resources received from the Watch Out Waste Team were helpful in preparing their class for Nude Food Day, and; that, as a whole, their involvement in the Nude Food Day competition really helped to raise awareness of lunchbox packet waste in their class. Teachers made the following comments: “Some students had lunchboxes filled with plastic”. Greenbank State School. “We have the pledge that we took in Term 3 to guide our decision making”. Greenbank State School. “The children hadn't really thought about something like a poppa as being 3 pieces of rubbish”. Park Ridge State School. Both teachers indicated that they would be interested in participating in the Nude Food Day competition again in future years. One of the teachers provided an explanation of how her class participated in the competition: “I made up individual data sheets which had different types of packaging listed. The children used these to record their own waste for the pop inspection and again on nude food day. They were able to compare the two and also show their parents. It tied in nicely with our year 1 maths on data collection”. Park Ridge Primary.



4.0 Watch Out Waste – Community Program Summary

The Watch Out Waste Community Program continues to raise awareness of waste issues in the local community and in a broader context. It aims to encourage all participants to take responsibility for the waste they generate and move towards more sustainable waste management practices. The community program uses a number of tools and methods to educate and engage the community on the various components of the Waste Hierarchy: adopting waste minimisation techniques such as avoidance, reduction and reuse, improving recycling techniques to reduce resource contamination and increase rates of resource recovery, and reducing waste to landfill.

4.1. Waste and Recycling Collection Calendar The 2015/16 Waste and Recycling collection flip-style calendar provides information to residents on their recycling collection week as well as providing information about acceptable and non-acceptable materials for recycling, plus servicing information and details of the region’s waste facilities. 2000 copies of the calendars were printed and made available to residents on a request basis, through Council’s Administration Centres and libraries and at special events. An electronic version of the calendar was made available to download from the Council website.

4.2. Community presentation promotion and liaison EnviroCom has identified a number of relevant Logan Community Groups that may benefit from a presentation provided by the Watch Out Waste community program. The Watch Out Waste Program was promoted to Logan community groups via a letter and information flyer mail out in July 2014 and again in February 2015. The Watch Out Waste community promotional flyer was also available to download from Council’s website. A copy of the Watch Out Waste community flyer can be found in Appendix 11. Throughout the year, the program coordinator was responsible for taking bookings for the community presentations and Browns Plains Landfill Tours and liaising with the group coordinators regarding presentation arrangements. The project coordinators also had responsibility for liaising with the coach company to confirm landfill tours for community groups.

4.3. Community group presentations The following presentations are available to Logan community groups:

Waste and Recycling Composting and Worm Farming Think Food – Rethink Waste Browns Plains Landfill Tours

During 2014/15, the Watch Out Waste team delivered seven community group presentations (not including landfill tours), and also delivered four presentations at Logan Libraries to coincide with the public place displays (refer to section 2.3 for further details). The Library presentations were open to all members of the public, with presentations running for approximately one and a half hours allowing for a short tea/coffee break. Residents were required to book into these sessions through their local library.



4.4. Browns Plains Landfill tours for community groups The community Browns Plains Landfill tour includes a classroom style presentation (with morning/ afternoon tea provided) followed by a behind-the-scenes coach tour of the site including the landfill and the Recycling Markets. Three community groups participated in the community Browns Plains Landfill tours in 2014/15. The Bus-tastic scheme was offered to community groups with one free 60-seater bus being made available to each community group per year. All community groups who participated in the program accessed the Bus-tastic scheme. 4.4.3. Overall participation During 2014/15, the community program has remained strong with a number of different community groups participating in the program. A list of community groups that have participated in the program throughout 2014/15 along with the details of the visit can be seen below in Table 5. Table 5: Details of community presentations – July 2014 - June 2015

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Farming Workshop 22 0 1

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A list of community groups that participated in a Browns Plains Landfill tour during 2014/15 can be seen below in Table 6. Table 6: Details of community Browns Plains Landfill excursions – July 2014 - June 2015

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Logan Central Respite Centre Assoc. Inc 28/10/14 Half day 30

Greenbank 50 Plus Club 07/04/15 Half day 20



A summary of the overall change in community group participation since 2006 can be seen in Table 7. Table 7: Summary of Community Program

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4.4.4. Community group evaluation All community groups that participated in the Watch Out Waste Program in 2014/15 were requested to complete an evaluation form. Direct feedback from community groups is an essential tool for monitoring and reviewing the success of the program. A copy of the community group evaluation form is available in Appendix 12. Participants were asked to rate the ‘Professionalism of the Educator’ on a scale from ‘Excellent’ to ‘Poor’. The majority of participants rated the educators professionalism as ‘Excellent’ (56%), followed by ‘Very good’ (31%) and ‘Good’ (13%).

Figure 7 indicates these results along with the skill of the educator. Only two respondents rated the skill of the educator below very good. Figure 10: Professionalism and Skill of Educator at community group presentations

Participants were also asked to rate various aspects of the presentation (content, activities, duration, resources) on the same scale. The results for this element of the evaluations can be seen below in Figure 11

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Participants consistently rated all aspects of the program highly, with the majority of participants rating the content, duration and associated resources as either ‘Excellent’ or ‘Very Good’. Participants were asked to indicate what aspect of the presentation they enjoyed the most. A selection of comments are shown below: “Audience input was welcomed and answered well” “I highly recommend your presentation and tour to any age group. Was a real eye opener to the extent of the whole landfill.” “Thank-you for a great presentation” “Always an interesting topic that everyone can relate to. Also very important”

4.5. ‘Our Logan, Our City’ magazine advertisements During the 2014-15 financial year, EnviroCom developed seven (7) separate waste related ‘awareness raising’ advertisements for inclusion in Council’s Our Logan, Our City magazine. The advertisements were used to promote various environmental events and key waste minimisation messages to the community. The themes for the adverts were set in consultation with Council and based on time of year, upcoming events and environment related ‘weeks’ as detailed in Table 8. Due to a significant price increase to publish a half page advertisement in the Logan Magazine, brought into effect from January 2015, EnviroCom designed seven advertisements and not the 10 advertisements originally budgeted for in the 2014-15 Strategy.

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September 2014 Yes you Can! Improve recycling of steel and aluminium cans including aerosols in the recycling bin.

October 2014 Become a waste-wise shopper!

Reduce the quantity of over packaged and disposable/short life products purchased from the supermarket.

November 2014 EVENT: Logan Waste Fair

Promotion of the Logan Waste Fair to Logan residents

December 2014 Waste-wise Christmas

Addressing the higher quantities of food and packaging waste by highlighting the importance of Reducing, Reusing and Recycling at Christmas time.

March 2015 EVENT: Rethinking Waste at Home Workshop

Promotion of workshop to Logan residents

April 2015 Recycling at Home Improve recycling from all rooms of the home

May 2015 EVENT: Composting and Worm farming Workshop

Promotion of workshop to Logan residents in celebration of International Compost Awareness Week

4.6. LEAF attendance EnviroCom supported the 2015 LEAF event by staffing a waste education display on behalf of Logan City Council. The display included a working worm farm, a compost bin, a recycling bin display, waste and recycling banners, factsheets and giveaways. The display was very well attended by members of the public with community interactions and engagement remaining constant throughout the day. EnviroCom staff responded to a large number of enquiries from the public regarding how to establish a worm farm or compost bin, system maintenance issues, as well as answering a number of queries concerning items suitable or not suitable for recycling. A competition was held to win a compost bin. To enter, residents had to demonstrate interest in kerbside and/or organic recycling. Their details were noted and a winner was drawn. EnviroCom also supported the event by supplying seventeen pairs of general waste and recycling wheelie bins for public use on the day.

4.7. Community Think Food- Rethink Waste project – recipe cards Based on the success of the Community Think Food- Rethink Waste recipe card project in 2013/14, EnviroCom was keen to expand on the number of recipes designed to use up leftovers and thereby reduce food waste. In consultation with Logan City Council’s Environment and Sustainability Branch, EnviroCom compiled a contact list of relevant stakeholders that may have an interest in contributing a recipe



idea to this project. In addition, EnviroCom also sent letters to local community groups with an interest in food e.g. Logan Food Gardeners and Tots Cookery Club. Five local businesses/ community organisations signed up to participate in the program:

Medicare Local- two recipe ideas

Meal Planning Your Way- three recipe ideas

Logan Food Gardeners- two recipe ideas

Probus Club of Cornubia- three recipe ideas

Tots Cookery Club- one recipe idea Due to budget restrictions, six of the recipes were selected to be designed into the recipe card format before being printed onto a double side, A5 card. Information about the issues associated with food waste as well as practical ideas on ways to reduce food waste were printed on one side, and the recipe printed on the reverse. Copies of these cards are being made available as free handouts at Council special events and community workshops Artworks for each of the recipe cards have previously been provided to Council, but a sample copy is provided in Appendix 13. There are now eleven different recipe cards available. Based on the positive feedback received, it is suggested that this initiative be continued in 2015/16, inviting submissions from local businesses, community groups, school students and residents, with the view to compiling the recipes into an online recipe book or similar.

4.8. Weekend workshops During the 2014/15 financial year, EnviroCom facilitated four weekend community workshops. The first weekend workshop was promoted via Council’s Environment and Sustainability Branch. The other weekend community workshops, excluding the final workshop in June, were promoted via the Council website and through adverts in the ‘Our Logan, Our City’ magazine. EnviroCom had originally budgeted to facilitate three community weekend workshops. With Council approval, budget surplus was allocated to the facilitation of an extra composting and worm farming workshop in June. There was no further promotion of this extra workshop as invitations were just extended to residents on a waiting list that were not able to be accommodated in the May workshop. The dates, venues and topics are summarised in Table 9. Table 9: Schedule for workshop delivery

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25/10/14 Chambers Flat Community Centre, Chambers Flat

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Rethinking Waste at Home

14/03/15 Administration Building, Browns Plains Landfill, Heritage Park

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Composting and Worm farming

08/05/15 Administration Building, Browns Plains Landfill, Heritage Park

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worm farming (extra workshop)

Browns Plains Landfill, Heritage Park

All community weekend workshops well very well received during the 2014-15 period. In order to continually improve these workshops, attendees were asked to submit an evaluation form before leaving. The three Composting and Worm Farming workshops were very well attended, with a total of 87 participants. Of these, 61 returned completed evaluation forms. Feedback was very positive for these workshops, with 97% of respondents indicating that the information provided in the workshop met their needs and expectations. While a large proportion of attendees had tried some form of organic recycling previously and with varying degrees of success, 18 respondents had not (29%). These proportions are outlined in Figure 12. The majority (98%) of respondents agreed that the workshop provided them with practical information that would help them start composting or worm farming or improve an existing system. Attendees were also asked to rate various aspects of the presentation, including duration, suitability of the venue, and how well the presented communicated information. 98% of respondents agreed that the workshops ran for an appropriate length of time, and all respondents agreed that the venue was either ‘excellent’ or ‘adequate’. EnviroCom presenters were also well received, with 98% of respondents agreeing that presenter communicated information in a clear and concise manner. Figure 12: Responses to the question “Prior to the workshop, have you actively tried composting or worm farming before?”

The Rethinking Waste at home workshop, held at the Browns Plains landfill on March 14 2015, was well attended with 31 workshop participants. Of these, 24 provided feedback via the provided evaluation form at the conclusion of the workshop. Each of these participants indicated that the presenter communicated the information in a clear and concise manner, and 22 individuals (92%) stated that the workshop provided them with practical information you can use to improve their waste footprint.

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Some individuals did mention that while the location adequate, it was hard to find (33%), however this feedback was vastly improved in the following composting and worm farming workshop at the same location, when the participants were provided with clearer instructions and a map. Prior to attending the workshop, 67% of respondents indicated that they always try to avoid generating waste at home while only 4% said that they do not (Figure 13). Figure 13: Responses to the question “Prior to the workshop, did you actively try to avoid generating waste at home?”

A copy of the weekend workshop evaluation form is provided in Appendix 14.

4.9. Weekend Workshops Follow-up Survey Six (6) months following the May 2014 Composting and Worm farming Workshop, participants were emailed and asked to take part in a follow-up survey. This survey was designed to evaluate the usefulness of the workshop and identify knowledge gaps that could assist with the development of future workshops. The survey was developed using Objective and was completed online by participants. Prior to attending the workshop, 67% of participants indicated that they were not recycling any organic waste by composting or worm farming. However, following the workshop, 100% of participants indicated that they were now currently composting and 33% indicated that they were also currently worm farming at home. The survey results indicate that those practising composting are diverting an average of 3.25L of food waste and 25L or less of garden waste per week. Participants also participating in worm farming indicated that they divert approximately 1L of organic waste per week through their worm farm.

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100% of respondents indicated that they have used the finished products of their composting system (compost) or worm farm (liquid and castings), and all but one participant said it has benefited their garden/plants. 100% of participants agreed that the information presented in the workshop was ‘Very useful’ in increasing their ability to recycle your organic waste. 93% of participants indicated that they thought Council’s Compost and/or worm farming fact sheets were either ‘very useful’ or ‘useful’ and that regular workshops to discuss maintenance issues would also be beneficial. 60% of respondents indicated a preference for half-yearly workshops to be held on the weekend. Participants were asked a range of questions to assess the condition of their worm farm and/or compost system. The responses indicated by participants with regard to odour, flies and moisture levels were indicative of healthy, working systems. An important observation is that participants who are currently worm farming, are also diverting food waste through a compost system. This may indicate that participants are aware of the potential limitations of a single worm farm for the quantity of food and garden waste diversion required, and therefore have implemented two diversion systems. Participants had the opportunity at the end of the survey to add some additional comments. Below is a selection of comments received: “Lots of good information and handy tips from other people there too”. “Enjoying my worm farm very much although am I being a little impatient as the worms don't seem to be getting any fatter”. “Found it very beneficial and about to do worm farming”. “I found the session very helpful and I was able to see were I was going wrong with my composting”.

Based on the feedback received, it is suggested that even over the longer term, the information and advice provided through the workshops continues to assist residents to establish or successfully maintain healthy, functioning compost and / or worm farm systems. Based on the popularity of the workshops, and the positive feedback received, it is suggested that weekend community workshop continue to be made available to local residents as part of future Waste Education Strategies.

4.10. Waste Fair Every year, EnviroCom partners with Logan Waste Services to host a Waste Fair at the Logan Recycling Market at Browns Plains Landfill. The 2014 Waste Fair was held on Saturday 15th November. The event was promoted throughout November in the weeks leading up to the event. Promotion included an advertisement in the November edition of the ‘Our Logan, Our City’ magazine. An information flyer was also produced and handed out to public at the weighbridge as they entered the Browns Plains Landfill in the weeks prior to the event. A copy of the Logan Waste Fair flyer is provided in Appendix 15. A steady number of people participated in the event which was held from 10:00am until 2:00pm inside the Recycling Markets. EnviroCom manned a waste education display stall with information on recycling, composting and worm farming. In addition, EnviroCom staff ran three coach tours of the site in addition to one composting and worm farming presentation.



Approximately 60 people participated in the tours and workshop throughout the day. Many attendees indicated that they had heard about the Waste Fair through the ‘Our Logan, Our City’ magazine advertisement. All participants of the tours and workshop and the many people who engaged with the display entered the competition to win a compost bin.

4.11. Pilot project to assess and improve recycling in multi-unit dwellings Several years ago, Logan City Council introduced recycling systems in a number of Multi-Unit Dwellings (MUDs) across the City. Since then, there has been no program to assess whether the recycling bins are being used correctly and whether there is any opportunity for further education to improve the recycling yields and reduce contamination. EnviroCom, in consultation with Council, undertook a pilot study on four low-rise multi unit dwellings within the City, to:

- identify how successful (or otherwise) recycling currently is in these locations;

- identify the possible reasons and factors affecting the success of recycling in these locations; and

- evaluate the impact of a range of targeted educational interventions on improving recycling yields and reducing contamination.

The MUDs targeted are detailed in Table 10.



Table 10 Details of the MUDs targeted

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Day of Recycling

Service

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Boulevard Villas 2788-2790 Logan Rd Underwood

20 10 Y 10 N

1 x 1100R Friday- Weekly 4:20am

20 x 240W Monday- weekly 10.30am

Harrisfield Gardens 11-13 Smith Road Woodridge

21 13Y 7 N


21 x 240W Wednesday- weekly 13.10pm

Brentwood Villas 39 Chatswood Road Springwood

21 13 Y 8N

1 x 1100R Thursday- Weekly 11:00am

21 x 240W Tuesday- weekly 10.40am

Regency Park 18 Daisy Hill Road Daisy Hill

24 10Y 14N


24 x 240W Tuesday – weekly 8.20am

The first round of visual bin inspections took place the week beginning Monday 7th October 2014, to collect baseline data. Over the next 8 months, a series of targeted educational interventions (three in total) were introduced to the MUDs, each time followed up by another visual bin inspection to assess the effectiveness of the educational intervention in affecting behaviours. This bin inspection schedule is detailed in Table 11 Table 11 Project schedule

Description

Bin Inspection date (week beginning)

Education materials distributed (week beginning)

Type of educational intervention

First bin inspection- baseline data

07/10/14

First education intervention

24/11/14 Letter to residents and copy of 2014/15 Waste & Recycling calendar

Second bin inspection

05/01/15

Second education intervention

02/02/15 Large recycling signage for display on bulk recycling bins

Third bin inspection

16/03/15

Third education intervention

20/04/15 Household recycling tray and explanatory sticker *

Fourth and final bin 01/06/15



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*The recycling trays were delivered to the residents of Boulevard Villas and Harrisfield Gardens only.

Copies of each of the education interventions are provided in Appendix 16. While the behavioural response to the education interventions cannot be definitively identified based on the inspection method, it is clear that some form of changed behaviour can be observed in the results. The areas of observed change include:

Reduced volume of waste presented for disposal to landfill

Reduced volumes of general waste affected by high resource loss levels

Reduced volumes of recyclables affected by medium or high levels of contamination.

Figure 14 illustrates the reduced volume of material affected by high resource loss levels relative to the capacity available on that day. Figure 14 Resource loss in the garbage stream by volume as a percentage of total capacity available on day of collection

Across all of MUDS for the duration of the study period, none of the bulk recycling bins presented were recorded as having high levels of contamination (Figure 15). Boulevard Villas recorded the most significant improvement in reducing levels of contamination and Brentwood Villas maintained a consistency low level of contamination in the recycling bin across the study period. Interestingly all of the MUDs recorded low levels of contamination at the final bin inspection (round 4).

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Figure 15 Contamination rate in the recycling stream at the four MUDs

As a result of these findings, it is considered possible that specific interventions within the MUDs sectors can have an impact on behaviours. The simple informational interventions applied in this pilot included:

Letter to residents and copy of 2014/15 Waste & Recycling calendar

Large recycling signage for display on bulk recycling bins

Household recycling tray and explanatory sticker (limited to Boulevard Villas and Harrisfield Gardens complexes)

Based on the rates of change observed, no single intervention method is recommended as the most effective in influencing the behaviours. However, no significant reductions in behaviours were observed to have occurred in the MUD complexes not included in the final intervention. As a result, it may be reasonable to conclude, that direct intervention (initial letter) and subsequent addition of recycling stickers (confirmation of support for service) are more critical than additional ‘in-home’ infrastructure for the pilot group. A full copy of the findings from the project has been provided to Council in a separate report.

4.12. Bus Stop Advertising EnviroCom utilised the City’s bus stops as billboards to display some waste education advertising posters. The content for the adverts was decided in consultation with Council, and EnviroCom took responsibility for the production and design of the posters, through liaison with Council’s Community, Engagement and Marketing branch, and also booked and secured the panel locations through Adshel. EnviroCom designed two (2) bus stop poster advertisements which were each displayed twice at four high visibility locations throughout the financial year over a fortnightly campaign date as detailed in Table Twelve.

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Table Twelve: Bus stop advertisements campaigns

Campaign fortnightly start dates

Advertisement theme Location

20 October 2014

Recycling Helps

Browns Plains Road, Browns Plains

1 December 2014 Kingston Road, Kingston

9 March 2015

Backyard Composting

Browns Plains Road, Marsden

1 June 2015 Springwood Road, Springwood

Copies of the bus stop adverts can be found in Appendix 17.



5.0 Budget

Allocated 2014/15 budget: $209,829.49

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Program coordination $20,843.75 $20,843.75 $0.00

Total $20,843.75 $20,843.75 $0.00

Joint Initiatives

Bustastic Scheme $15,818.00 $9,958.30 $5,859.70

PPD and coordination of environment related weeks $3,076.05 $3,076.05 $0.00

Organics giveaways $2,612.50 $2,561.90 $50.60

Promotional giveaways $1,851.30 $1,337.45 $513.85

Total Joint Initiatives $23,357.85 $16,933.70 $6,424.15

Schools Program

Electronic school promotion $691.16 $691.16 $0.00

In class lessons $65,354.18 $73,539.67 -$8,185.49

Browns Plains landfill tours $19,497.95 $16,431.08 $3,066.87

LCC DVD $356.66 $356.66 $0.00

Develop resources for early primary $2,433.42 $1,933.42 $500.00

Update school evaluations $756.16 $756.16 $0.00

Parent evaluation forms $2,860.29 $2,860.29 $0.00

Target schools based on BoG data $1,298.22 $865.48 $432.74

ELC resource kit & PD workshops $5,867.02 $5,981.02 -$114.00

ELC resource kit evaluation $601.59 $601.59 $0.00

Organics program follow-up $838.36 $838.36 $0.00

Worm farm/ compost bin sticker $2,352.46 $2,352.46 $0.00

Nude Food Day event/ competition $5,333.68 $5,361.63 -$27.95

Total schools $108,241.15 $112,568.98 -$4,327.83

Community Program

2015-2016 Waste & Recycling Calendar $3,856.13 $3,856.13 $0.00

Community Presentation Promotion $1,252.16 $1,252.16 $0.00

Community group presentations $3,580.78 $3,580.80 $0.02

Community group landfill tours $2,986.64 $2,986.64 $0.00

Logan Magazine advertisements $9,752.99 $9,962.96 -$209.98

LEAF $4,763.60 $4,763.60 $0.00

TFRW community project $3,778.86 $3,778.86 $0.00

Weekend workshops $4,729.71 $6,926.98 -$2,197.27

Weekend workshops follow-up survey $537.77 $268.89 $268.88

Recycling in MUDs $14,015.60 $14,015.60 $0.00

Logan Waste Fair $4,160.69 $4,160.69 $0.00

Advertising- bus stop (Adshel) $3,998.06 $3,998.06 $0.00

Total community $57,412.99 $59,551.37 -$2,138.38

2013/14 deficit $96.59 -$96.59

2014/15 surplus -$26.24 -$26.24

Total $209,829.49 $209,968.15 -$138.66



Appendix 1: Watch Out Waste Primary & High School Letter & Flyer



Appendix 2: Updated School Evaluation Form



Appendix 3: Recycling Parent Information and Feedback form



Appendix 4: Letter to Schools Based on BoG Audit Data



Appendix 5: ELC PD Workshop Evaluation Form



Appendix 6: Follow-up survey PD Workshop and EYL Kits

1. Prior to attending the workshop, were you aware of the linkages between waste generation and natural resource loss?

Yes, completely Somewhat No, Not at all

2. Prior to attending the workshop, were you practicing any waste minimisation activities at your Centre? e.g. recycling, composting, worm farming, etc.

Yes, as much as possible (please specify) Go to Q4 Yes, to some extent (please specify) No, not at all

3. What factors have prevented your centre from implementing waste management strategies in the past? Please tick all that apply.

Time Knowledge

Space Cost Other (please specify)

4. Since attending the workshop, have you adopted or improved any waste

minimisation activities in your Centre?

Yes No, but would like to Go to Q6

No, do not have intentions to Go to Q6

5. Please indicate the activities that best describe the new or improved waste

minimisation actions at your centre: Any answer: go to Q7

Improved participation in existing services (e.g. recycling).

Adoption of new services (e.g. recycling).

Improved waste minimisation behaviours (e.g. more regularly using double sided prints).

Adoption of new waste minimisation behaviours (e.g. setting a printer to default to double side).

Please comment:

6. What factors currently prevent you from implementing waste

management strategies in your Centre? Please tick all that apply. Time Knowledge Space Cost Other (please specify)



7. Have you used any of the tools in the Early Learning Resource Kit at your Centre?

Yes No Go to Q10

8. Please indicate in the table below how useful the Early Learning Resource Kit has been to your Centre. Please tick the most relevant answer and provide comments where applicable:

Very useful

Somewhat useful

Not useful

Have not used

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Waste calculator tool

Story books and included activities

Extension activities included on CD

9. Have you noticed any behaviour change in your children in relation to

waste since using the education tools at your centre, for example more questions about recycling and/or improved separation of waste?

Yes Somewhat No, not at all

10. Following the workshop, have you become more aware of the amount of waste you produce at your centre?

Yes Somewhat Not at all

11. How useful was the information presented in the workshop in increasing your ability to raise awareness of waste sustainability with your children?

Very Useful Useful Neutral Not Useful

12. Do you have any further comments on your experience with the Early

Learning Resource Kit and/or the Professional Development Workshop?

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey



Appendix 7: Compost bin & worm farm stickers



Appendix 8: NFD Letter, EoI and Poster



Appendix 9: Nude Food Day Resources



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Appendix 10: Nude Food day Newsletter (example)



Appendix 11: Community Group Promotional Letter and Flyer



Appendix 12: Community Group Evaluation Form



Appendix 13: Think Food- Rethink Waste Recipe Card (sample)



Appendix 14: Weekend Workshop Evaluation Form



Appendix 15: Logan Waste Fair Promotional Flyer



Appendix 16: MUDs Education Interventions



Appendix 17: Bus Stop Advertisements

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