Sustainability

Water Use Around the Home
Percentage of water usage around the home: Kitchen 5% Laundry 15% Garden 35% Toilet 19% Bathroom 26%

Garden and Outdoors

 * If you use mulch on your garden beds you'll save up to 73% of the water that normally evaporates after mulching don't water your garden as much, or you'll drown your plants
 * To stop water evaporating before it reaches your plants roots, water in the early morning or late evening.

Bathroom

 * Save over 21,000 litres of water per person per year when showering by installing a triple A shower head. (which will not reduce shower quality!)
 * Turning off the tap while you brush your teeth can save up to five litres of water each time.

Kitchen

 * Put the plug in the sink and don't let the water run when rinsing fruit, veggies or dishes
 * Fill the kettle with only as much water as you need to save on water and energy.

Laundry
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 * Wait until you have a full load of washing before putting the machine on.
 * When hand washing clothing save water by waiting until you have a few items to do and use a bucket so that the rinse water can go on the garden.

** RUBBISH-FREE ** Our Rubbish-Free Policy encourages parents and students to think about healthy alternatives to pre-packaged food that limit waste. Plastic lunch containers are encouraged as are fruit and other rubbish-free snacks. Re-using, recycling and composting organic waste is promoted.