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Objectives:

• To show that consumption and waste are environmental issues.
• To examine consumption and waste practices in a holistic way.
• To involve all members of the school community in examining consumption practices, reducing waste, and preventing litter.
• To realize financial as well as environmental benefits from waste reduction initiatives.
• To work with the local community to raise awareness about sustainable consumption and to facilitate waste reduction.

Learning Outcomes

Through work with the Consumption and Waste pathway, students will:

• Be able to identify a range of materials and their sources.
• Understand the decomposition process for various materials.
• Identify the impacts of people's consumption and waste on places and environments.
• Use sampling methods to estimate quantities of waste.
• Collect, interpret and present information.
• Communicate about strategies to reduce consumption and waste to a variety of audiences, including other students, parents and the local community.
• Work cooperatively with others.