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Plastic recycling education

Education Program Outline

Our education programs are based on STEAM principles and developed in accordance with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. They have been developed in partnership with teachers, environmental scientists and plastic engineers, who have all volunteered their time.

All our education programs cover the following:

  • The impact of single-use plastic (SUP) on the environment; in particular lids
  • How plastic is made and the life-cycle of plastic
  • Ways we can all help rescue plastic lids and be more sustainable
  • Principles of a circular circular economy, and why we need it
  • Following the life cycle of a plastic lid, we demonstrate the power of a circular economy through our interactive tools with RUSTIE
  • Unit of enquiry focused
  • All presenters have current Working With Children Checks
“Kym, Mat, and the whole Rethink Recycling team were not only knowledgeable but also incredibly helpful and actively involved. Our students left feeling inspired to make the world a better, more sustainable place. I’m deeply grateful to the Rethink Recycling team for their dedication and passion towards this important cause.
Highly recommend this engaging incursion to every school.”
Claudia Mills, MPS

Inclusions

  • RUSTIE – our Regenerative Up-cycling Solar-powered Trailer with Interactive Education
  • Each student gets to make an item to take home
  • Hands-on micro-processing machines for students to use and explore
  • 50-60 minute program (or your class length)
  • Four knowledgeable and RRC certified presenters with WWCC
  • 20 min visual and audio presentation with RUSTIE based on your unit of enquiry
  • 40 min moving through the four interactive stations teaching the principles covered in the presentations
  • Clean, polymer & colour sorted lids for shredding
  • Shredded lids ready for injection & extrusion
  • All safety equipment to interact with RUSTIE and its tools
  • Fun, safe, all age welcoming, sight, sound and touch experience (with an impact)
“Student’s claimed this was the ‘best incursion of the year’, huge praise from across the cohort. The team were knowledgeable, warm and welcoming. Student’s loved being able to participate in the activities as well as being able to take something home with them!
Keep up the incredible work – will definitely recommend this to my peers!”
Nick Hewish Old Orchard Primary

Pricing

  • Groups of up to 28 maximum per session
  • Ages from 6 and up compatible
  • $695 for the first session (60 min) within a 30km radius of Melbourne CBD
  • $395 each consecutive 60 min session on the same day and location up to a maximum of four total session
  • We can also work with your local council and businesses to help sponsor our incursions. This has been successfully used on several occasions
“We had the wonderful team from Rethink Recycling come out to our school to demonstrate the our children how they recycle bottle tops. The incursion was so reasonably priced, there were four different activities the children rotated through and all children took home a carabiner that matched out school colours! Kym was so easy to organise the incursion through and her, Mat and the team were so knowledgeable. Such an incredible initiative which has really inspired inspired the children and teachers! THANK YOU!”
Alice Melville, Mentone Primary School

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What They’re Saying

Thank you for an incredible learning experience for the Year 2s. It is one of the best incursions I have been a part in my 15 years of teaching.

JessicaTeacher, Kensington Primary School

What a sensational session! Thank you SO much, Mat - I think the students were incredibly engaged - it was SO good to see. Thank you!

RosieTeacher, Yarra Valley Grammar

Our students left feeling inspired to make the world a better, more sustainable place. I’m deeply grateful to the Rethink Recycling team for their dedication and passion towards this important cause.
Highly recommend this engaging incursion to every school.

ClaudiaTeacher, Mentone Primary School

One of the best incursions I have ever seen.

AndrewTeacher, Yarra Valley Grammar

This was an outstanding incursion. It was engaging, fun, meaningful and relevant. The students rotated through different activities which meant they were always doing something meaningful and connected to plastic recycling without any waiting around. They also made something they could take home which was a massive hit and created more opportunities to talk about what was learnt.

RuthTeacher, Old Orchard Primary School

Excellent 2 hour workshop with year 9 design students. Some design, some theory and lots of fun hands on activities. The student particularly enjoyed making the product from the recycled plastics they have been collecting.

FelicityTeacher, Carey Baptist Grammar