St Peter’s Catholic Primary School Rockhampton Excelling In Sustainability

Earlier this year, St Peter’s Catholic Primary School entered the Rockhampton Regional Council’s Living Sustainably Schools Calendar Competition.  In recognition of the school’s reduction in the number of single use plastics and introducing Nude Food Days, St Peter’s will now feature in the 2021 Regional Sustainability Calendar.

This recognition also means that the school has won $200 from the Rockhampton Regional Council to put towards another sustainability project, a bee hotel, some insulated water bottles to distribute as part of the BYOB (Bring Your Own Bottle) campaign, and a great selection of books for the school library including teacher resource books.

St Peter’s has also been advised that after a recent submission to the Rockhampton Regional Council they have been awarded a $3000 grant to put towards a recycling project at the school.

This money will be used to purchase various bins for sorting rubbish and once sorted it can then be directed to the correct place for disposal or recycling.

St Peter’s aims to significantly reduce the amount of general waste wheelie bins used at the school. With the assistance of the Rockhampton Regional Council, St Peter’s Catholic Primary School is sure that with these funds and plans for sustainability education in 2021 and the goal of being a Sustainable Primary School is surely achievable.