Environment

Macquarie Hills Community Preschool is committed to Going Green! We encourage all our children to get involved in becoming self-sufficient and aware of the impact that they have on the environment.

To prove our centre is committed to reducing our carbon footprint we have:

• Installed a solar hot water system

• Set up a rainwater reticulation system

• Have the children maintain our worm farm with food scraps collected at morning tea and lunch time

• Promote self-sufficiency by planning and maintaining vegetable gardens

• Encourage children to recycle by having paper/cardboard and soft plastic recycling bins around the centre

• Reduced the amount of paper used in our office by using e-mail to correspond with parents and carers

• Adopted new bin system in line with changes to Lake Macquarie City Council waste collection.