Brochures explaining what happens to the waste when it is placed in the trash containers and what happens to them when the same waste is placed in the right place were created and distributed to the school community. It was noticed, through the reaction to the reading of the brochures, that most of the students had no idea of the polluting power, mainly of batteries and cooking oils.
The used clothing can and should be placed in the Sarah Trading container in closed bags, when these clothes arrive at their destination they are separated into three categories: those that can be reused, these are sent to social institutions; Those that can be reused are transformed into rags, for example and those that go to recycle that are transformed into textile fibers used in the production of new pieces of clothing-www.sarah-trading.com
Used food oil that is brought to school properly conditioned in closed plastic bottles is used to make aromatic candles and the rest is delivered to companies specializing in biodiesel such as Biocanter- www.biocanter.com.
The plastic containers are reused in Visual and Technological Education with the most varied purposes: storage of material, elaboration of art Pieces.
The little amount of glass that is used in the school is placed in the green eco-point.
The used toothbrushes, are not finished, every three months must be changed, the old ones are placed in the “ecoescovão” and later they are delivered in the Extruplás, company that is dedicated to the transformation of compound plastics in urban furniture –www.extruplas.com.
The paper that can not be reused is delivered to the Food Bank against Hunger and later “transformed” into food – http://www.papelporalimentos.pt/.
Kitchen surpluses that can be used in composting are placed in the school composter, the resulting compost will be used in the biological garden of the school that is being started this school year.
All electrical and electronic equipment, as well as batteries are placed at the electronic point so that they are properly collected and processed by ERP-Portugal-www.erp-recycling.pt.
Since these small campaigns were launched, the increase in the amout of this type of waste has already increased by more than 40%.
