COMENIUS 1.2Caring for the Purer Nature

Ecology Project

II. gimnazija Maribor

Why?

• Environment needs help

• Youth must acknowledge the problems

• We often harm nature with our ignorance

• Issue is global• Garbage – explicit

issue in Maribor

How?

• Advertising campaign• Garbage collection• Separating paper from

plastic• Weighing garbage• Two weighings –

November, May

Informing campaign

• Posters

• Announcements

• Leaflets

• Stickers

Garbage Collection

• Separating paper from plastic

• Special cans in halls and corridors

• Separate cans also in staff room

• Cans from classrooms• Paper from restrooms• Weighing garbage –

November and May

First weighing - Novembertotal weight of all UNSORTED or mixed

rubbish/trash

total weight divided by number of people at the

school

total weight of all sorted PAPER

total weight of all sorted PLASTIC

bottles

total weight of sorted and recycled

stuff

total weight from all columns

the percent we

recycle

30 kg – classrooms

0,5 kg - staff

0,052 kg

15 kg – classrooms

2 kg - staff

1,5 kg 18,5 kg

49 kg 2,7%

Second weighing - May

Total weight of all UNSORTED or mixed trash

Total weight divided by number of people at the school

Total weight of all sorted paper

Total weight of all sorted plastic bottles

Total weight from all columns

2,5 kg – classrooms

3 kg - corridors

0,026 kg 15,5 kg 4 kg 25 kg

Analyse

First weighing:

• More paper gathered

• More rubbish gathered in classrooms

• Also recycling action – 2,7% recycled

Second weighing:

• Only separating, not recycling

• Still more paper and classroom rubbish

Analyse• Amount of rubbish was reduced - Paper for 1,5 kg - Unsorted trash for 25 kg - Per person for 50%• More bottles were sorted• Garbage from staff was also collected separately

Conclusion

• We were succesful in informing students and in reducing the garbage

• The project continues – separate garbage collection “island” in front of the school

• Caring for common future includes environment

• We can help nature, so we will!

Caring for the Purer Nature

Comenius 1.2Ecology project

II. gimnazija Maribor

Urša BenkoAljaž Glaser

Pia IršičEva Nike Cvikl

Polona Oblak, prof.Janja Polajnar, prof.