Sustainability is at the heart of all we do at Yarra Park and Powlett Reserve Children’s Centre and Kindergarten. We see it as vital we leave the planet in better shape for the children to come, that we have found it in.
Goals for 2023
To utilise Reverse Art truck to source art and craft materials
To encourage children (and educators) to use the clothesline in the kinder yard and the clotheshorse in the baby toddler yard
To commit to the use of only 1 dryer
Recommit to the recycling of drip and drabs in the water cups to be put onto the garden
For the children to use paper that is used on one side
Use cardboard boxes as the base of box construction and pasting rather than paper
Participate in plastic free July
Commit to dropping the heating temperature by 1 degree to 20 degrees in winter and adding 1 degree to the cooling in summer at 22 degrees.
Commit to using recycled toilet paper
To use cloths to dry hands rather than paper towels.
Use water tank water for play and not mains water in the baby toddler yard
What we do
Use facewashes to dry hands
Use color-coded chux wipes rather than single-use paper towels for cleaning
Use water tank water for play and not mains water
Use environmentally friendly chemicals
Invested in a gardening program for the children
Use worm farm
Greens bin
Recycle our nappies
Committed to reducing waste
Use Waste Ninja to compost cooked foods
Use recycled paper in the office
Reusable wet bags
Battery recycle
Office put paper in box for children to use
No glad wrap
Silicone covers
Solar panels
Off the gas grid
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