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Your school has been booked for a waste audit workshop for the above date and time. We will be auditing only Monday’s garbage **and**recycling. The following updated information will help you plan for a successful waste audit workshop: ** A. Garbage, Recycling, Organics ** 1.Ensure **garbage** and **recycling** is collected by morning and/or afternoon caretakers in clear plastic bags and **labelled** as to location. This takes place the day before the audit. 2.Sample bags of garbage and recycling should come from specific areas of your school. Ÿ cafeteria/lunchroom (1 bag) Ÿ office/caretakers area (1 bag) Ÿ selected classrooms (2-3 bags) Ÿ outside or child care (1 additional bag) 3. ** Or **, save and label **all** garbage and recycling as per normal caretaking practice, and a sampling of each will be audited. This provides a more realistic picture of your school’s garbage and is usually more interesting. 4.If your school composts or has a green bin, have sample bins available for a visual audit ** B. Location and Audit Supplies ** Ÿ auditing location (gym, empty room, staff room, wide hallway, stage   Ÿ large sorting table or two 2x6 tables Ÿ five chairs    Ÿ roll of medium-sized clear plastic bags Ÿ disposable gloves    Ÿ broom and dustpan Ÿ dust mop    Ÿ pail with soapy water and rags    Ÿ camera (with extra batteries/storage capacity)   ** C. Supervising Staff and Student Auditors **   Ÿ a team of 8-10 **older** students to do the set up and auditing    Ÿ two students who will interpret the audit for visiting classes    Ÿ __two or three supervising adults__ - teachers and/or parents to record audit findings, take photographs and/or interpret for visiting classes.   ** D. Provided by the waste audit workshop leader **   Ÿ digital scale Ÿ wall posters Ÿ chair signs Ÿ labelled sorting basins    Ÿ the enlarged recording sheets used throughout the audit process    Ÿ copy of the //Waste Audit Guide// Ÿ waste audit workshop evaluation for same day completion ** E. Audit Schedule (morning or afternoon – times are approximate) ** ** Student helpers ** should be available at 8:30 and 12:30 respectively. Teachers and their students are strongly encouraged to observe the waste audit process and should come to the audit area in ten minute shifts beginning at 9:40 in the morning or 1:40 in the afternoon. An adult and/or several of the student auditors can explain the audit process to the visitors. A student “runner” can assist in maintaining the scheduled visits. Once the audit is completed we will need someone to take a group picture of the students with the adults. If you have never completed a waste audit before it may be helpful to familiarize yourself with the process by reviewing the //Waste Audit Guide// located at ecoschools.ca >guides and other publications>guides.
 * ** Morning Schedule ** ||  ** Audit Schedule **  ||  ** Afternoon Schedule **  ||
 * 8:30-8:35 ||  Arrival at school  ||  12:30-12:35  ||
 * 8:35-8:55 ||  Students arrive to help set up  ||  12:35-12:55  ||
 * 8:55-9:15 ||  Waste audit introduction  ||  12:55-1:15  ||
 * 9:15-9:25 ||  Waste audit begins  ||  1:15-1:25  ||
 * 9:40-10:45 ||  Class visits at 10 minute intervals  ||  1:40-2:45  ||
 * 10:40-11:00 ||  Recycling audit begins  ||  2:40-3:00  ||
 * 11:00-11:20 ||  Weighing sorted results, tidy-up  ||  3:00-3:20  ||
 * 11:20-11:30 ||  Debrief, develop plan, show binder  ||  3:20-3:30  ||
 * 11:30-11:40 ||  Audit evaluation, photocopy forms  ||  3:30-3:40  ||
 * 11:45 ||  Departure  ||  3:45  ||