距离卡尔加里教育委员会（CBE）开始实施垃圾减量和回收措施已经过去了大约10年，从各方面来看，我们真正实现了垃圾减量。

“一开始是对卡尔加里市减少填埋场输入物质量的目标的承诺，目标是到2020年将填埋场输入物质量减少80％，”废物和回收协调员Deborah Wehnes解释说。“现在大多数学校都达到了这个目标，而且一些学校已经超过了这些减量。”

将200多所学校配备所需设备并非易事-回收站设备（用于分类回收物品，退款饮料容器，堆肥和垃圾）在学校走廊中屡见不鲜。启动费用非常高昂，需要为学校创建支持框架。但正如Deborah所指出的，“回收比填埋更经济”。

这种活动支持CBE的可持续发展框架，与结果政策和CBE三年教育计划保持一致。

随着垃圾减量计划的扩大，可持续发展团队开始向学校发送详细的更新。月度报告显示学校的垃圾服务水平，以每个学生每月的立方码数表示。

月度垃圾填埋场输入目标如下：

• 小学：0.03 码^3/学生/月
• 中学/初中：0.06 码^3/学生/月
• 高中：0.07 码^3/学生/月

每年都有一个国家级的垃圾减量周，每一天都专注于特定主题的活动，帮助在地方水平减少垃圾产出。（今年的垃圾减量周是10月15日至21日。）

为了纪念这个周以及它所代表的一切，可持续发展团队希望表彰我们的所有学校。这些学生、教师和员工与他们的设施运营商合作，不仅减少了垃圾以达到设定目标，而且一些学校还在持续地超过了目标。祝贺我们所有“减量英雄”学校。

卡尔加里教育委员会垃圾减量数据

• 90%的CBE学校参与了集中回收计划。

• 每月回收超过34,000公斤。

• 92%的学校参与了食物和庭院垃圾堆肥计划。

垃圾减量更新月度报告实例

 

 

 

​It’s been about 10 years since the CBE began implementing waste reduction and recycling measures across the system, and by all accounts we’ve really taken out the trash.

“It started with a commitment to achieve the mandate by the City of Calgary to reduce the amount of material going into landfills by 80% by 2020,” explains Deborah Wehnes, Waste and Recycling Coordinator. “We are now at a place where most schools have achieved that target and several are exceeding those reductions.”

It was no small task to outfit more than 200 schools with all the necessary equipment – sorting stations for recyclables, refundable beverage containers, compost and garbage are a common site in school hallways. There were significant start up costs and the need to create a support framework for schools. But as Deborah notes, “It’s more economical to recycle than to send it to the landfill.”

This kind of activity supports CBE’s Sustainability Framework, which is aligned with the Results policies and the CBE Three-Year Education Plan.

As the waste reduction program grew, the sustainability team began sending detailed updates to schools.  The monthly reports show a school’s waste service levels expressed in the number of cubic yards, per student, per month.

Targets for monthly waste going to landfills are as follows:

• Elementary schools:  0.03 yds.³/student/month
• Middle/Junior Highs:  0.06 yds.³/student/month
• Senior Highs:  0.07 yds.³/students/month

Every year, there is a national Waste Reduction Week, with each of the seven days focusing on specific themes of activities that can help reduce waste output at a local level. (This year’s Waste Reduction Week is Oct. 15-21.) 

In honour of the week and all that it stands for, the sustainability team wishes to recognize all of our schools. These students, teachers and staff, in collaboration with their Facility Operators, have not only reduced their waste to meet set goals, but several have exceeded their goals on a consistent basis. Congratulations to all of our “trash busting” schools.

CBE Waste Reduction by the Numbers

• 90% of CBE schools participate in a centralized recycling program.

• More than 34,000 kg of recyclables are collected every month.

• 92% of schools participate in a food and yard waste composting program.

An example of the waste reduction updates sent to schools each month