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Solution 2
Could we get rid of all plastics in
our vending machines? Alterna-
Some Year 9 Geographers were
tively, we could invest in a re-
given the opportunity to enter
verse vending machine to incen-
this competition:
tivise bottle recycling . Could we
link this to a payment onto an
electronic dinner card when we
get our new school?
Geographers were involved in
some competitiveness in the
They were given the task to au-
lead up to exams this year.
dit the plastics that come into
League tables were made for
our school, monitor what hap-
each class for the Top Quizzer
pens to them and propose ideas
Awards of 2019. And the win-
to re-use and limit single-use
Solution 3 ners were...
plastics within school.
Could the school invest money Year 8
in supplying all pupils with their
RJ Getty (8L1)
own hard plastic bottle and wa-
ter fountains around the school? Alex Church (8L2)
Year 9:
Sophie Kirk (9L1)
Here are some of the solutions
they proposed: Sarah-Jane Anderson (9L3)
Solution 1 Year 10:
Solution 4
The school could get a waste Emma Witherspoon(10L1)
management audit through our Could our pupils lobby Mid and
Ben Millar (10L5)
current supplier. Could we fol- East Antrim Councillors to fund
Matthew Harbinson (10L7)
low the example of some other and take responsibility for recy-
local schools and become com- cling schemes in schools? Year 11:
pletely waste free? To begin we
Lois Thompson
could invest
Kathryn Peachey
in some
plastic recy- We believe the council also Kyell Taylor
cling bins needs to put pressure on Stor-
like these: mont to make this a national
priority. Well done to
all winners!
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Special thanks to Joe Balmer 9L1
