Wellington City Libraries’ School Holiday Programme is drawing to a close. So tomorrow is your last chance to get in on the recycling fun! Children from all over the city have been popping into their local libraries to get their hands mucky in worm farms, find out how recycling trucks work, learn what can and [...]

I read a great book recently called Recycled, by Sandy McKay.  What’s really good about it is that it tells you all kinds of interesting facts about the environment.  For example, did you know that:

Recycling aluminium cans uses 95% less energy than making new ones…?
There are 500 million cars on this planet…? Yuk, think about [...]

Have you ever stopped to think how long it takes for things to rot or decompose?
· Aluminium cans – 200 to 500 years
· Glass bottles – 1000 years
· Tin cans – 100 years
· Disposable nappies – 75 years
· Plastic bottles/Styrofoam/polystyrene – NEVER!
That is such a scary thought, especially since all of these things (except disposable [...]

Worms are way cool…  They can eat all your family’s food scraps, and the worm wee and poo they make can be used in the garden (it’s really good for the plants). If you don’t believe me why not try it out for yourself…  All you have to do is to make or buy a [...]