Transfer Station Trip

Transfer Station Trip

On Wednesday the 21st May. Room 14 and Room 20 went to the Transfer Station in Henderson. We didn't let the rain dampen our spirits. We put on our hard hats and jackets on and enjoyed our tour of the transfer station! Here are some things we learnt, saw and did.

Firstly we went on a tour of the station- we learnt you have to pay to drop off items such as wood, paint and tree branches but it's FREE to collect them and  re use them. We also saw different parts on the transfer station and where things get sorted E.g recycling and what it looks like once it has been sorted. Did you know  that our milk bottles don't get recycled in New Zealand? They get squashed down and sent to Thailand or Malaysia.

Next we visited the Transfer Station's worm farm. We learnt that only Tiger worms can go in a worm farm, not garden worms. We learnt about what foods they can and can't eat. Foods they can't eat are mainly  foods we like. Such as cooked food, onions and spicy foods.

• We then went into the classroom and learnt about house hold rubbish and sorted our very own rubbish bag into 4 groups.  Recycling, Re-usables, Landfill/Rubbish and Paper Waste

Then Bella got turned into a tiger worm at the very end! We had a fantastic day! A big thank you to all of our parent helpers-Fleur, Lois, Kate, Anna and Sara who helped make the day possible!!