Reduce, re-use, recycle

Have you ever wondered where that juice box, chewed up straw or sweet wrapper go? Most Grade 3s figured that was the easiest question to answer. In the bin, in the bin! They shouted with excitement. Then what? the teachers enquired further.

The simple answer suddenly became complicated. It took Grade 3s a fortnight to fully comprehend the dynamics of correctly managing waste. Learning about 3 R’s of waste management has been astonishing. And what a topic it has been! We have learnt that to save our planet we need to come up with sustainable ways of living. In other words, reduce, reuse and recycle and that each one of us has a part to play in this.Our learners’ have become conscious of waste and how easy it is to waste and that waste management takes effort but yields wonderful results. What are these 3 Rs? Reduce The term 'reduce' aims at lowering the usage of natural resources to avoid wastage.