Caring for planet Earth 21 March 2014

Caring for planet Earth

Many people are taking big responsibilities for the Earth’s future, and that includes the environment too. What does Glen Innes school do for the environment ? we recycle, reuse and reduce our rubbish, And this is how we do it .

To begin with Glen Innes school always recycle paper, fruit scraps and Milk cartons. When Glen Innes school recycles paper, paper monitors come along and collect the paper. Once the paper is collected it is sent to the green paper bin then a big truck comes and collect the paper then it takes the paper to the factory where it’s going to be made into paper again.

Fruit scraps is also recycled like paper. The fruit scraps that we leave behind is sent to the Glen Innes school worm farm. Once the fruit scraps is sent to the worm farm the worms eat up the fruit scraps and then it turns into compost for gardens. Milk cartons can be reused, but it will be turned into tiles like the ones you see on the the roofs.

When you look at some countries like China it's polluted everywhere. As you can see in New Zealand it’s not very polluted. Everywhere is fresh air, sunny skies and shady trees, but thats not how it is in China. It’s cloudy, polluted and has lots of cars.

Trees are important to the environment because they absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen so we can breath, but if there wasn't any trees there would be no oxygen and people will die without trees on Earth. Trees grow fruit that we eat. The fruit are also healthy too, you know.

The final result is that when you throw something in the recycle bin you know that it will always be recycled and the trees will always be there to give you oxygen and give fruit for you.