The resources below are from the 2006 Wipe out Waste folder.

This resource is a framework to provide:

▼ information for schools to develop and implement 
​waste management systems appropriate to their site

▼ information and learning activities for teachers to
 incorporate waste issues into the curriculum.

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1) Introduction 

• What is the WOW program?
• Background
• What guides the WOW program?
• Why do we need a WOW program?
• How does WOW benefit your school?
• How does WOW fit with Sustainability Education?
• How do students contribute?
• How does WOW fit into the SACSA Framework / SACE?
• Getting involved in the WOW program ​

2)  Mainstreaming the WOW factor              

2.1 What do we know and what are we doing now?

• Waste Rubric
• Gathering Waste Data
• School Solid Waste Audit Results

                                                            
2.2 What do we need to do and how can we do it?    

• School Waste Action Plan
• Strategies for Waste Minimisation - Suggestions for success:

           ▼ Purchasing & Packaging
           ▼ Recycling
           ▼ Organics: (Food and Green material / waste)
           ▼ Litter

2.3 How can we sustain it?                  

• Maintaining the WOW factor

3) Case Studies & School Stories

• Cornerstone College
• Eudunda Area School
• Glen Osmond Primary School 
• Hawthorndene Kindergarten
• Lyrup Primary School
• McLaren Vale Primary School
• Mount Gambier High School
• Mulga Street Primary School
• Portside Christian School
• Riverland Special School
• Rosary Catholic School
• Star of the Sea School
• Tatachilla Lutheran College
• Unley High School
• Warradale Primary School

4) WOW in Curriculum 

4.1    Suggested Learning Activities and rubrics for:
            ▼ Waste Minimisation
            ▼ Reducing & Reusing
            ▼ Purchasing & Packaging
            ▼ Organics: Food and Garden material / waste
            ▼ Recycling
            ▼ Litter
            ▼ Cultural / Historical / Futures Perspectives

4.2    Samples from Schools: School and Curriculum planning documents 

5)  Words of Waste: Glossary 

6)  Resources

• KESAB Solid Waste Audit Guide
  
• Solid Waste Census
  
• WOW Home Survey
  
• Sample School Waste Policy
  
• WOW Actions Checklist
  
• Chart Your Progress
  
• Field Trips / Excursions / Incursions
  
• Web Links
  
• Texts / Resources 

7) Contacts, Service Providers 

• Your Council
  
• Metropolitan Paper / Cardboard 
  
• Composting / Worm Composting
  
• School Gardens
  
• E-waste
  
• School Equipment (bins, furniture)
  
• Other Recyclable / Reusable Items
  
• Public Events - Biodegradable Packaging Suppliers and Waste Contractors