Litter & Waste is the first theme that schools undertaking the Green-Schools programme work on.
In an Irish context litter and waste are substantial environmental issues. Each year Local Authorities spend ten's of millions of euros cleaning up the environment due to our individual and collective behaviour and lack of responsibilty towards litter. Over the last 15-20 years Ireland's waste production has increased 100%. Up until recently most of this waste (>90%) was landfilled. However, it appears that things are starting to improve particulalrly in schools undertaking the Green-Schools programme.
For more information on litter click here
For more information on waste click here
For more information on composting click here
If you want to receive the Litter and Waste Handbook please contact the Green-Schools Team at greenschools@antaisce.org.