1. Orlagh
St. Pius X College Eco School Renewal Presentation Thursday 20th June 2013

2. Gary

3. What is Eco-schools? Jamie
Eco-schools is a program that helps to educate children in schools about how they can help their school and benefit the environment.
We enjoy taking part in Eco-schools as we are given the opportunity to:
Participate in various projects on waste, recycling, litter, energy and biodiversity.
Talk to our friends in assemblies.
Update the college website/send photos to local papers.
Michael McIvor

4. What does our Eco-team do?
Jamie
What does our Eco-team do?
Our Eco-team:
Empties the blue bins in the class rooms during PSHE.
We do litter picks around the school.
We collect and recycle old ink cartridges, mobile phones and textiles.
We help environmental charities, such as Camara to send computers to Africa.

5. REMEMBER , REDUCE, RE-USE, RECYCLE
     
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REMEMBER , REDUCE, RE-USE, RECYCLE
Our Eco Code
Liam
Aidan

6. Eco Notice Board
Enda
It is located on the Home Economics / Geography corridor

7. Recycling: Recycool Lucy
We packed the mobile phones – 28 in total and 14 ink cartridges and arranged a courier for collection.

8. Reprographics
Lucy
Amber and Ryan informed Miss Carey about the advantages of printing doubled sided.

9. Recycling paper – blue bins
Laura
Recycling paper – blue bins
Recycling costs less - up to 80% of normal waste disposal costs.
Recycling one tonne of paper saves 17 trees.
In one tonne there is 1000 kilograms = 1176 litres.
That means for every 69 litres of paper recycled - one tree is saved.
Every week the Eco-team empties 54 blue bins.
Each bin contains 50 litres.
(54 bins x 50 litres = 2700 litres).
This means 39 trees are saved every week. (2700 litres / 69 litres = 39 trees saved)

10. Recyco Waste – Black bins
Odhran
Recyco Waste – Black bins
We met with Mr McGirr from Recyco Waste. The College signed an agreement which means all black bin rubbish is now recycled. By the end of next year it is hoped 100% of all waste will be converted to Refuse Derived Fuel which will be used as a substitute for fossil fuel in power stations. Waste will no longer be dumped in landfill sites.

11. Litter: Spring Clean Odhran
This year we collected 40 rubbish bags. We collected litter all over the College. We worked in pairs, wore rubber gloves and used special equipment.

12. Odhran
Look how full the van is with our waste.

13. Energy Monitors
Aidan
We used ICT to produce posters. These were laminated and cut out.

14. Power Down Day
Aidan

15. A reduction in power usage
Aidan

16. Electricity Meter Readings
Aidan Mc
Electricity Meter Readings
Each week we use approximately 7,500 units of electricity.
Our recent readings tell us that we are reducing the amount of electricity we use.
Our electricity consumption is reducing.

17. Biodiversity
Ciaran
In January there was a STEM day in the College – Science Technology Engineering and Maths Day.

18. Ciaran
Bird boxes
We placed bird boxes in the conservation area to encourage native bird species.
Gardening club.

19. Environmental Youth Speak
Aoife
Environmental Youth Speak
Eimear won the environmental youth speak.

20. BT Website Competition
Aoife
BT Website Competition
We have five winners in the Belfast Telegraph Young Web Designer of the Year Competition. The theme was endangered.

21. Eco Unesco Competition
Samantha
Eco Unesco Competition
We have five winners in the Belfast Telegraph Young Web Designer of the Year Competition. The theme was endangered.

22. Impact & Microsoft Competition
Maksim
Impact & Microsoft Competition
We have five winners in the Belfast Telegraph Young Web Designer of the Year Competition. The theme was endangered.

23. Impact NI Competition Maksim
There was a conservation competition in the college – local primary schools took part. Mr McAuley was the guest judge. Holy Family was the overall winner.

24. Conservation Competition
Dillon
Conservation Competition
There was a conservation competition in the college – local primary schools took part. Mr McAuley was the guest judge. Holy Family was the overall winner.

25. Dillon
Mr Quinn was the literacy judge.

26. Dillon
Mrs Ball, the Numeracy judge, enjoyed talking to Spires Integrated pupils.

27. Dillon
Derrychrin pupils really enjoyed their day.