Recycling

Soft plastics, the kind that can be scrunched into a ball, is the biggest collection in the school recycling system. Every week up to two full bags, as shown in the picture, are collected. At St. Francis of Assisi, we would like to reduce the amount of soft plastic packaging students are bringing to school. As a school community, we will endeavour to educate the students about the types of soft plastics they can dispose of into the bin.

Parents can you please support us by taking off the soft plastic from their treats and placing them into reusable containers in their lunchboxes.

Some of the plastics are difficult for our younger students to open and often the contents are found all around their lunch area. The good news is that these plastics can be recycled at many supermarkets.  But the supermarket system is not designed to accept large deposits of soft plastics from schools, as such deliveries could result in the system being overwhelmed and the whole program could be jeopardised.