Congratulations to Tarragindi War Memorial Kindergarten for winning the WasteSMART Early Learning Award!
You can find out why this award is well deserved below ⬇
“Tarragindi War Memorial Kindergarten is a community leader in sustainable practices, educating the children and in turn their families about reuse and recycling practices to implement within their homes.
Being a community kindy they encourage donations of any kind, in particular, cardboard, bottle tops, wood, egg cartons, old cooking utensils and even clothes or materials. They only purchase essential items and opt for items that are recycled or environmentally friendly, often visiting recycle centres before purchasing new. When they need to dispose of something they place the items on Facebook Marketplace to try and rehome items instead of sending them to landfill.
The Kindy has a worm farm and compost bin for food scraps, coffee grounds, cardboard and leaf foliage, and collects containers in partnership with families and staff to help fundraise for further sustainable resources such as an extra worm farm.
They teach the children to care for the environment, through regularly collecting rubbish during their Bush Kindy Program and by participating in the annual Clean Up Australia Day.
Recently a member of the local community donated a street library to be stationed just outside the gate where anyone can donate and reuse preloved books.”