WASTE AT HOMEWASTE AT HOMECONCLUSIONSCONCLUSIONS

SALESIAN SISTERS PRIMARY SCHOOLSALESIAN SISTERS PRIMARY SCHOOL

OSTRÓW WIELKOPOLSKI, POLANDOSTRÓW WIELKOPOLSKI, POLAND

NUMBER OF FAMILIES SURVEYED - 223NUMBER OF FAMILIES SURVEYED - 223

GOOD PRACTICESGOOD PRACTICES

• All members in the familly take waste to the street All members in the familly take waste to the street containers (60%)containers (60%)

• More than half of the families select garbage at home More than half of the families select garbage at home (59%)(59%)

• Almost half of the families take unwanted clothes to Town Almost half of the families take unwanted clothes to Town Collecting Points (49%)Collecting Points (49%)

• Three quarters of the families take household appliance and Three quarters of the families take household appliance and electronic equipment to collecting points at shops (75%)electronic equipment to collecting points at shops (75%)

• More than a half of the families take unwanted or out of More than a half of the families take unwanted or out of date medicines to chemist’s (52%)date medicines to chemist’s (52%)

• About half of the families buy stationery that come from About half of the families buy stationery that come from recycling (53%)recycling (53%)

BAD PRACTICESBAD PRACTICES

• Few families have three or more dustbins for Few families have three or more dustbins for selecting rubbish (15%)selecting rubbish (15%)

• About 40% families do not select garbage at homeAbout 40% families do not select garbage at home

• Almost half of the families do not use recyclable Almost half of the families do not use recyclable materials (43%)materials (43%)

• The majority of the families (80%) use disposable The majority of the families (80%) use disposable materials (especially plastic bags)materials (especially plastic bags)

• There is not enough selective waste containers There is not enough selective waste containers (60%)(60%)

• Collecting segregated waste by dustcarts is too rare Collecting segregated waste by dustcarts is too rare (once a month) (70%)(once a month) (70%)

ACTION PLAN AT HOMEACTION PLAN AT HOMEIMPROVEMENT MEASURESIMPROVEMENT MEASURES

• SENSITIZING CAMPAIGNSENSITIZING CAMPAIGN

- talk at home about the importance of - talk at home about the importance of selective selective collecting waste collecting waste

- make leaflets directed to whole families- make leaflets directed to whole families

• IMPROVEMENT MEASURESIMPROVEMENT MEASURES - choose knowingly materials, products that come - choose knowingly materials, products that come

from from recycling ( take note of special signs on recycling ( take note of special signs on the products)the products)

- try to use several waste containers, each for - try to use several waste containers, each for different kind of different kind of rubbish rubbish