Every year on the Friday before Clean Up Australia Day, we have 'Clean Up Australia Day in Schools' where we all traipse outside with a plastic bag and a glove to pick up rubbish. Since the kids have rules about picking up sharps and broken glass, a lot of the time for teachers is spent picking up little pieces of glass that children have spotted. Yes they are obsessed! I worry that we create more rubbish than we collect, what with all of the plastic bags. Plastic bags are pretty much an environmental nightmare if they aren't recycled rather than ending up in the bin. Maybe we need to encourage kids to bring a bucket to school for their collection. I guess it is all about building awareness though and it's a good experience for kids to get out there and pick up after themselves!
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