Surrey Waste Audit – Greenbricks

Welcome to your City of Surrey Waste Audit!

Every student who completes this activity “Rethink Waste” by June 5, 2020 is entered into a draw for a class pizza party.

We enjoyed visiting your classroom. Now you are Surrey’s greatest Waste Rethinkers. Show us how! Help your family “rethink waste” in your home! How do you AVOID garbage in Surrey?

City of Surrey Waste Audit

Do you have a kitchen organics bin? (you know - the place you put food scraps)

Check the items your family would put in the organics bin (remember organics only in this bin and no plastic):

Have a look around the table after dinner:

Did everyone eat all the food on their plates? (We love food but hate waste!)

How often does your family empty your kitchen organics bin into the big green cart?

Check the items your family would put in your curb side recycling blue cart (remember some items can be recycled but need to be taken to the recycling depot):

All of us make decisions every day that impact how much garbage we send to the landfill. The Zero Waste Challenge is about figuring out how to greatly reduce that garbage.

Check the items you NEED today. (remember some things we 'need' and some we 'want')

Avoiding waste is easy to do! Check the statements that you do to avoid waste:

How often do you use your own refillable water bottle? (Hint: A re-usable water bottle means we get to drink healthy Surrey tap water AND reduce waste)

How often do you and your family take re-usable shopping bags when you go shopping? (Hint: A re-usable shopping bag reduces waste and helps keep those plastic bags out of the ocean!)

Take a look at your school lunch. Have you avoided waste here? Check the items you have in your lunch:

Have you played the Rethink Waste Game on the City of Surrey website with your family?

What level in the game did you reach?