Safety Bay Primary School is one of 18 schools recognised for achieving 10 years of being waste-wise.
Administered by the Waste Authority of Western Australia, the Waste Wise School's (WWS) accreditation program started in 2010 with the aim of recognising and celebrating the waste reduction and recovery efforts being undertaken in schools.
Since the program's inception, a total of 491 WA schools have achieved accreditation, with 18 of those schools reaching a decade.
Schools must complete a number of steps to become accredited, including:
- run a waste audit to collect data on the waste produced at school;
- form a Waste Wise committee to plan, implement and evaluate Waste Wise projects;
- write a whole-of-school waste policy so the wider school community is aware of the school's waste avoidance and recovery commitment;
- and formulate a waste avoidance and recovery plan.
Environment Minister Stephen Dawson commended the efforts of the schools involved.
"The Waste Wise Schools program encourages schools to set up waste avoidance programs and projects, and rewards these important efforts," he said.
"The values we teach our children are the ones that community will have in the future so I encourage all WA Schools to get involved."
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