SHETA NEWS

February/March 2015

SHETA NEWS
Surrey Home Economics Teachers Association Monthly Magazine

SHETA Executive
Joe Tong & Jordana Kokoszka
Co-Presidents
Theola Lu & Pam Sandhu
Co-Vice Presidents
Jennifer Johnson
Treasurer
Madeline Wong
Secretary
SAVE THE DATE:

Feb/Mar SHETA
Meeting
Thursday March 5, 2015
(4:00PM)
Come join us at Johnston
Heights for a pre-Spring Break
get-together and report back
from the Canadian Symposium
by our SHETA delegates.
Looking forward to it!

REMINDER:
SHETA MEMBERSHIPS

For the 2014-2015 school year,

SHETA Memberships will be
$15. All memberships can be
reimbursed through Pro-D
Funds.

@SurreyHomeEc

Happy Apple Month!

February is Apple month in BC! Some of you that are part of
the Fruit and Vegetable Program from Agriculture in the
Classroom are probably snacking on apples this month! Learn
more at: http://www.twitter.com/bctreefruits or http://
facebook.com/bctree. Also check out this event:
Guildford Town Centre in Center Court (near Sportchek)
On-site Tastings with BC Tree Fruits team
February 21st 2015 $om 10:00AM - 9:00PM

SHETA NEWS

February/March 2015

SHETA Meeting
Schedule 2015
Please note: Meetings may not
take place at the school that has
signed up to host that month. We
are excited to include fun field
studies and socials for SHETA
members!

BC Student Healthy Living Network

May 21: Enver Creek

Applications are now live for students to join the BC

Student Healthy Living Network (or Network). The
Network is made up of youth (12-19) across the province who
are looking to make their schools healthier places. As part of
the Network, students can: obtain grants to support healthy
school projects that have a lasting impact on themselves,
their peers, and their schools; connect with other youth
from all over BC; access available resources and tools; and
receive supportive adult mentorship.

June: YEAR END SOCIAL

The deadline to apply is February 23, 2015.

March 5: Johnston Heights

March: SPRING BREAK
April 16: North Surrey
(Aldor Acres Dairy Field Trip)

To learn more about this: http://healthyschoolsbc.ca/about/

student-opportunities.aspx

TOCs 2014-2015
The following names were
submitted to us as great TOCs for
Home Economics classes. If you
would like to be added to this list
or know someone that should be
on this list, please let us know!
June Chan
Bobbi Essomba
Mary Fennell
Lynne Hughes
Marianne Honeywell
Susan Lim
Mathew Martens
Michelle Nelson
Michele Palmer
Sylvia Vanderhoek

@SurreyHomeEc

February/March SHETA meeting:

Instead of having our scheduled SHETA meeting in
February, we are moving the date and location. We will be
now meeting on Thursday March 5th, 2015 at 4:00PM at
Johnston Heights Secondary. Thank you Andrea and Eric for
accommodating us at such short notice! A reminder e-mail
will be sent closer to the date.
This will be a good opportunity for us to share our
experiences and big ideas from the Canadian Symposium in
Winnipeg.

Metro Vancouver Guidelines for Waste Management

See the attached information from the district regarding the
new guidelines for waste management and how schools will
be dealing with recycling and composting.

RETHINK WASTE

WHAT IS CHANGING?

Surrey Schools will be recycling

more and sending less to our
landfills
Were implementing a program
to make it easy for you to
recycle:
Paper & Cardboard
Organic Waste (new!)
Containers (new!)

WHY ARE WE CHANGING?

Metro Vancouver Mandate
The following items are banned from being disposed of in the
garbage:

Corrugated cardboard

Recyclable Paper
Containers made of glass, metal or Banned Recycled Plastic
(plastics #1, 2, 4 & 5)
Beverage containers (all except milk cartons)
Organic Materials (starting in 2015)

!
Failure to sort our waste properly could result in fines and
risk to our reputation

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
Every year, in Metro Vancouver, we throw away nearly
1.5 million tonnes of garbage.

Much of what we currently throw out can be recycled

WHY RECYCLE PAPER?

About 13% of waste in the

landfill is paper which is easily
recycled.
Recycling one ton of paper can
save:
17 trees
7,000 gallons of water
380 gallons of oil
3.3 cubic yards of landfill space
4,000 kilowatts of energy (enough to
power the average U.S. home for six
months) and
! reduce greenhouse gas emissions by
one metric ton
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WHY RECYCLE PLASTIC?

About 13% of our garbage is plastic

Plastic does not go away, ever. At best
it breaks down into tiny fragments. It
ends up in our oceans, on our
beaches and inside fish and birds
Plastics are manufactured using fossil
fuels, like petroleum or natural gas.
Throwing plastic away wastes the
fossil fuels that went into
manufacturing it. Recycling plastic
allows some of this energy to be
reclaimed.

WHY COMPOST ORGANIC WASTE?

One third of the garbage in our landfills

is organic material that could have been
composted and used to enhance the
environment.
Food scraps rotting in the landfill,
without access to oxygen, generate
methane
Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times
more potent than carbon dioxide and
contributes to global warming.
67% of all the methane generated within
the Metro Vancouver region comes from
landfills.

Video: Why Compost?

WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR ORGANIC WASTE?

The organics collected from Surrey Schools will be taken to the Northwest
Organics composting facility at the McRae Ranch in Lytton Valley, BC
Organic waste is composted and the clean compost is then applied to organic
feed crops (hay, barley, alfalfa and hops) in nearby fields
The compost delivers badly-needed nutrition to the soil and increases
moisture retention, reducing the needed irrigation.

HOW DOES THE PROGRAM WORK?

You will sort your waste into 4 streams: Organics (compost), Containers
(plastics, metal & glass), Garbage and Paper
Garbage cans will be grouped with a blue box and a green shifter to
create a waste station
Paper recycling will not change from the process youve been using

Waste stations will be positioned throughout hallways

Waste stations will be clearly marked and will be maintained in the same
order to help you sort properly
Organic waste will be removed from inside the school daily to avoid
pests such as fruit flies
If you wish to collect organics or containers in the classroom, any
classroom bins will be the responsibility of the teacher/class (emptied
daily into hallway bins and kept clean)

WHAT GOES IN: ORGANICS (COMPOST)

All food scraps including
" Meat & fish
" Bones
" Tea bags & coffee grounds
" Wood (e.g. chopsticks, popsicle
sticks)
" Food-soiled paper (paper towel,
uncoated paper plates, paper food
packaging)
Do not put in
# Coffee Cups
# Newspaper
# Plastic
# Used tissues

WHAT GOES IN: CONTAINERS

Plastics, Glass & Metal including:
" Plastic with codes 1, 2, 4, 5
" Glass jars
" Metal cans & lids
" Juice boxes
" Beverage cans and bottles
" Aluminum foil & containers
Do not put in
# Broken glass
# Styrofoam
# Plastic Utensils, soft plastics
# Coffee cups or lids
# Plastics 3, 6, 7 or unlabeled
# Milk Cartons

WHAT GOES IN: PAPER

Mixed paper including:
" Printed paper
" Newspaper
" Cardboard
" Glossy paper
Do not put in
# Laminated paper
# Soiled or wet paper
# Coffee cups
# Foil wrapping paper

WHAT GOES IN: GARBAGE

Materials that cannot be composted or
recycled:
" Candy & granola bar wrappers
" Chip bags
" Straws
" Styrofoam
" Plastic utensils
" Coffee cups & lids
Do not put in
# Batteries
# Hazardous materials (chemicals)
# Paint
# Electronics
# Light bulbs

BEVERAGE CONTAINERS

If your school has a program to

separate and return refundable
containers, this program will be
managed by the school
Please refer to the program
champion at your schools for
further instructions as to where
to place these containers
Signs for refundables can be
provided along with container
recycling (blue) signs that do not
contain cans & bottles

RETHINK WASTE IS EASY

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Green organics
Blue containers
Yellow paper
Black garbage

! Most people are already used to

sorting waste in their homes
The Rethink Waste program will be
successful as long as we all take
personal responsibility for putting
our waste in the appropriate spots

WHAT ABOUT RATS AND FRUIT FLIES?

No new sources of food: Same

waste, differently placed
Organics are removed from the
school daily
Outside organics carts cannot be
accessed by rats. Carts are kept
locked. Lids have a lip that
overlaps the cart.
Fruit fly reproduction is 1-2 weeks.
If fruit flies appear, organic waste is
not being managed properly
either not being removed daily or
bins are not being kept clean

WHAT IF WE GET IT WRONG?

We understand nobody is perfect

If we get a few items sorted
incorrectly were still doing far better
than we were before the Rethink
Waste program when all containers
an organics went into the garbage!
If youre not sure whether an item can
be composted or recycled, ask! Our
waste hauler is happy to answer
these questions:

NorthWest Waste Solutions

604-539-1900