The school will no longer use single-use plastics, and on Wednesday children wore green to spread the message. 

Students won’t be able to bring single-use plastics like glad wrap and chip packets to school, but are encouraged to instead use re-useable containers. 

At lunch and recess students put their waste into a ‘chook’ bin or a compost bin. Waste in the chook bin is given to the school’s chickens while other waste is composted and used on the school’s vegetable patch. 

Year 5 and 6 teacher Lyn Robinson said the students were excited to be doing their part to help the environment. 

“This is such a green town and the kids have all been really excited to take part- they just get it, and they want to do their bit,” she said. 

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Rubbish bins were sealed shut on Wednesday, with large red x’s printed on them. At the moment the only bins left at the school are recycling bins, but Ms Robinson said the eventual goal was to completely eliminate all bins from the school. 

“That is our ultimate goal,” she said. “If the children do have rubbish they’ll have to take it home.” 

Students are also using greener supplies inside the classrooms, having created their very own glue. 

“Glue sticks are a single-use plastic and everyone is required to have one, so we decided to make our own environmentally friendly version,” Ms Robinson said. 

The glue, titled EFG- Environmentally Friendly Glue, is in every classroom and was made by the students in the school canteen. 

Year 5 and 6 students were proud to keep their school plastic free and hoped other schools would follow their lead.  

Kangaroo Valley has become increasingly environmentally friendly over recent years, having banned plastic bags and more recently, plastic straws. 

The goal of the entire town is to become single-use plastic free.