St Paul’s will be holding ‘Waste Free Wednesday’ on Wednesday, 2 June 2021 (Week 7). As a school, we aim to make waste free lunches part of our regular routine. In order to begin this process, we will be holding a special one off day where we ask students to bring a waste free lunch to school. This means no plastic wrap, no foil, no zip lock bags and no packaged foods. Rather, packing foods into containers, reusable wraps or bags or using compostable packaging such as brown paper. 

Some ideas for Waste Free Lunches:

• Make a tray of muffins and keep them frozen. Remove one each morning and place it in the lunch box – it will thaw by lunch time.

• Pop your own popcorn and pack it in a paper bag. Remind your child to dispose of the paper bag in the recycle bin at school.

• Make your own snack mix with dried fruit (apples, sultanas, banana), pepitas, sunflower seeds, and put in in a container for recess.

• Pack a handful of dried cereal (such as Weet-bix bites) in a small reusable container.

• Cut your own cheese slices and place them with crackers in a smaller tupperware container.

• Make a smoothie at home and store it in a cold thermos that holds the temperature until recess or lunch time.