Green initiatives at our school

Fun Facts

The School pool makes its own chlorine from salt. To be more accurate, there is a machine out the back which does this for us, but it is a pretty incredible unit. Without going into jargon-heavy explanations, you might take a moment to breathe deeply next time you walk into the pool room. As you do, you will probably not notice chlorine in the air – because there will be none. What’s more, it is more effective in fighting waterborne nasties which quickly build up in pools and wet pipes and saves on both financial and environmental costs.

Tip Trip

This term saw the inaugural Tip Trip for Year 10 Geography classes. Slated for future semesters, this involves Year 10 Geography students travelling to the MRL Cleanaway Landfill site at Ravenhall to see the second largest landfill site in Australia. The scope of the operation is difficult to convey in words – this is something that stretches beyond any number of MCGs – but to witness is to understand the impact of our personal choices. The MRL site is managed by world’s best practice – meaning everything from the leachate to methane is extracted from the landfill and reused. In fact, the site produces enough green energy (from burning methane) to power 1300 homes, and will continue to mine this source of energy for 30 years after a cell is filled and capped.

Along with the Badger’s Creek Science trip, where the boys learn about water quality and sewerage disposal, this trip aims to expand Camberwell Grammar students’ understanding of our waste after it leaves our sight and the opportunities it represents by way of repurposing core components and byproducts.

In March last year, we had 7,265 kilograms of landfill collected from our school. We also had

1,243 kilograms of recycling collected, and

378 kilograms of food waste collected in our oganics bins.