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ACTIVITY 1 – Upcycling: Build Your Own Waste Collection Bin

ACTIVITY 1 – Upcycling: Build Your Own Waste Collection Bin

OBJECTIVES

  • Raise awareness of the importance of collecting and correctly placing these wastes in the Waste Collection Bin;
  • Encourage the reuse of materials in schools;
  • Increase the involvement of the school and local community.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE

Translation: "All schools registered in the Eco-Schools Program 2023-2024. All levels of education. No categories.

WORK DESCRIPTION

This activity involves the construction of a WEEE collection equipment, using the reuse of materials with creativity and originality. The name of the equipment for the collection of these wastes must necessarily be called “DEPOSITRÃO”. It must have a minimum size of 1m³ and must indicate information about the wastes that can and cannot be placed in the Depositrão.

REQUESTED INFORMATION FOR CONTEST

Participation in this contest is realized by uploading, on the Eco-Schools platform, the photographs of the work carried out and the requested information.

An upload of a set of four representative photographs of the work, accompanied by their respective captions, should be made. In addition to the photographs, the following information will be requested:

  • Students Name and Age;
  • Description of the materials used in the construction of the Depositrão
  • Information about the waste that can be placed in the Depositrão;
  • Descriptive Memory where information related to the construction process of the Depositrão should be included (materials used, methodology employed, and student involvement).

DEADLINES

Registration until February 28; submission of works until May 31.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

The evaluation criteria for the works in the competition will be:

  •  Creativity and originality;
  • Student involvement;
  • Demonstration of the ability to reuse resources;
  • Compliance with the rules of this regulation.

JURY

The jury will be composed of members from ABAAE, ERP Portugal, and DGEstE.

PRIZES

  • School - gift check in the amount of €100
  • Student - gift voucher worth €20 per student (up to a maximum of 30 students).
  • Teacher - gift check in the amount of €25