SHETA NEWS February/March 2015

Happy Apple Month!

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SHETA Executive Joe Tong & Jordana KokoszkaCo-Presidents

Theola Lu & Pam SandhuCo-Vice Presidents

Jennifer JohnsonTreasurer

Madeline WongSecretary

SAVE THE DATE: Feb/Mar SHETA Meeting Thursday March 5, 2015 (4:00PM)Come join us at Johnston Heights for a pre-Spring Break get-together and report back from the Canadian Symposium by our SHETA delegates. Looking forward to it!

REMINDER: SHETA MEMBERSHIPS For the 2014-2015 school year, SHETA Memberships will be $15. All memberships can be reimbursed through Pro-D Funds.

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February is Apple month in BC! Some of you that are part of the Fruit and Vegetable Program from Agriculture in the Classroom are probably snacking on apples this month! Learn more at: http://www.twitter.com/bctreefruits or http://facebook.com/bctree. Also check out this event:

Guildford Town Centre in Center Court (near Sportchek) On-site Tastings with BC Tree Fruits team

February 21st 2015 $om 10:00AM - 9:00PM

SHETA NEWS February/March 2015

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SHETA Meeting Schedule 2015 Please note: Meetings may not take place at the school that has signed up to host that month. We are excited to include fun field studies and socials for SHETA members!

March 5: Johnston Heights

March: SPRING BREAK

April 16: North Surrey (Aldor Acres Dairy Field Trip)

May 21: Enver Creek

June: YEAR END SOCIAL

TOCs 2014-2015

The following names were submitted to us as great TOCs for Home Economics classes. If you would like to be added to this list or know someone that should be on this list, please let us know!

June ChanBobbi EssombaMary FennellLynne HughesMarianne HoneywellSusan LimMathew MartensMichelle NelsonMichele PalmerSylvia Vanderhoek

BC Student Healthy Living Network Applications are now live for students to join the BC Student Healthy Living Network (or Network). The Network is made up of youth (12-19) across the province who are looking to make their schools healthier places. As part of the Network, students can: obtain grants to support healthy school projects that have a lasting impact on themselves, their peers, and their schools; connect with other youth from all over BC; access available resources and tools; and receive supportive adult mentorship.

The deadline to apply is February 23, 2015.

To learn more about this: http://healthyschoolsbc.ca/about/student-opportunities.aspx

February/March SHETA meeting:Instead of having our scheduled SHETA meeting in February, we are moving the date and location. We will be now meeting on Thursday March 5th, 2015 at 4:00PM at Johnston Heights Secondary. Thank you Andrea and Eric for accommodating us at such short notice! A reminder e-mail will be sent closer to the date.

This will be a good opportunity for us to share our experiences and big ideas from the Canadian Symposium in Winnipeg.

Metro Vancouver Guidelines for Waste ManagementSee the attached information from the district regarding the new guidelines for waste management and how schools will be dealing with recycling and composting.

RETHINK WASTE

Surrey Schools will be recycling more and sending less to our landfills

Were implementing a program to make it easy for you to recycle: Paper & Cardboard Organic Waste (new!) Containers (new!)

WHAT IS CHANGING?

WHY ARE WE CHANGING? Metro Vancouver Mandate The following items are banned from being disposed of in the garbage:

Corrugated cardboard Recyclable Paper Containers made of glass, metal or Banned Recycled Plastic

(plastics #1, 2, 4 & 5) Beverage containers (all except milk cartons) Organic Materials (starting in 2015)

!Failure to sort our waste properly could result in fines and

risk to our reputation

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? Every year, in Metro Vancouver, we throw away nearly

1.5 million tonnes of garbage. Much of what we currently throw out can be recycled

WHY RECYCLE PAPER?

About 13% of waste in the landfill is paper which is easily recycled.

Recycling one ton of paper can save: ! 17 trees ! 7,000 gallons of water ! 380 gallons of oil ! 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space ! 4,000 kilowatts of energy (enough to

power the average U.S. home for six months) and

! reduce greenhouse gas emissions by one metric ton

About 13% of our garbage is plastic Plastic does not go away, ever. At best

it breaks down into tiny fragments. It ends up in our oceans, on our beaches and inside fish and birds

Plastics are manufactured using fossil fuels, like petroleum or natural gas. Throwing plastic away wastes the fossil fuels that went into manufacturing it. Recycling plastic allows some of this energy to be reclaimed.

WHY RECYCLE PLASTIC?

One third of the garbage in our landfills is organic material that could have been composted and used to enhance the environment.

Food scraps rotting in the landfill, without access to oxygen, generate methane

Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide and contributes to global warming.

67% of all the methane generated within the Metro Vancouver region comes from landfills.

Video: Why Compost?

WHY COMPOST ORGANIC WASTE?

The organics collected from Surrey Schools will be taken to the Northwest Organics composting facility at the McRae Ranch in Lytton Valley, BC

Organic waste is composted and the clean compost is then applied to organic feed crops (hay, barley, alfalfa and hops) in nearby fields

The compost delivers badly-needed nutrition to the soil and increases moisture retention, reducing the needed irrigation.

WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR ORGANIC WASTE?

HOW DOES THE PROGRAM WORK? You will sort your waste into 4 streams: Organics (compost), Containers

(plastics, metal & glass), Garbage and Paper Garbage cans will be grouped with a blue box and a green shifter to

create a waste station Paper recycling will not change from the process youve been using

Waste stations will be positioned throughout hallways Waste stations will be clearly marked and will be maintained in the same

order to help you sort properly Organic waste will be removed from inside the school daily to avoid

pests such as fruit flies If you wish to collect organics or containers in the classroom, any

classroom bins will be the responsibility of the teacher/class (emptied daily into hallway bins and kept clean)

All food scraps including " Meat & fish " Bones " Tea bags & coffee grounds " Wood (e.g. chopsticks, popsicle

sticks) " Food-soiled paper (paper towel,

uncoated paper plates, paper food packaging)

Do not put in # Coffee Cups # Newspaper # Plastic # Used tissues

WHAT GOES IN: ORGANICS (COMPOST)

Plastics, Glass & Metal including: " Plastic with codes 1, 2, 4, 5 " Glass jars " Metal cans & lids " Juice boxes " Beverage cans and bottles " Aluminum foil & containers

Do not put in # Broken glass # Styrofoam # Plastic Utensils, soft plastics # Coffee cups or lids # Plastics 3, 6, 7 or unlabeled # Milk Cartons

WHAT GOES IN: CONTAINERS

Mixed paper including: " Printed paper " Newspaper " Cardboard " Glossy paper

Do not put in # Laminated paper # Soiled or wet paper # Coffee cups # Foil wrapping paper

WHAT GOES IN: PAPER

Materials that cannot be composted or recycled:

" Candy & granola bar wrappers " Chip bags " Straws " Styrofoam " Plastic utensils " Coffee cups & lids

Do not put in # Batteries # Hazardous materials (chemicals) # Paint # Electronics # Light bulbs

WHAT GOES IN: GARBAGE

If your school has a program to separate and return refundable containers, this program will be managed by the school

Please refer to the program champion at your schools for further instructions as to where to place these containers

Signs for refundables can be provided along with container recycling (blue) signs that do not contain cans & bottles

BEVERAGE CONTAINERS

! Green organics ! Blue containers ! Yellow paper ! Black garbage

! Most people are already used to

sorting waste in their homes

The Rethink Waste program will be successful as long as we all take

personal responsibility for putting our waste in the appropriate spots

RETHINK WASTE IS EASY

No new sources of food: Same waste, differently placed

Organics are removed from the school daily

Outside organics carts cannot be accessed by rats. Carts are kept locked. Lids have a lip that overlaps the cart.

Fruit fly reproduction is 1-2 weeks. If fruit flies appear, organic waste is not being managed properly either not being removed daily or bins are not being kept clean

WHAT ABOUT RATS AND FRUIT FLIES?

We understand nobody is perfect If we get a few items sorted

incorrectly were still doing far better than we were before the Rethink Waste program when all containers an organics went into the garbage!

If youre not sure whether an item can be composted or recycled, ask! Our waste hauler is happy to answer these questions:

NorthWest Waste Solutions 604-539-1900

WHAT IF WE GET IT WRONG?