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The Composting for Schools programme can help schools reduce waste and teach students about composting, biology and growing food. We want to understand your interest in reducing food & garden waste and setting up a composting system at your school. By answering the following questions, we can assess where you are now so we can help you improve your waste management practices, save money and combat climate change. Please answer the following short 20 multiple choice questions the best you can. If you don’t know an answer, just go to the next question.

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* 1. First some contact details:

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* 2. What sort of waste collection services does your school have? Tick all that apply.

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* 3. If you use a brown bin collection service, what types of biodegradable wastes are collected? Tick all that apply.

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* 4. How is green waste from landscape management around the school managed?

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* 5. Are there a lot of trees on school grounds that drop leaves in the autumn?

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* 6. Do you currently have an on-site composting system(s) at your school?

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* 7. If so, what kind of on-site composting system(s) or bin(s) do you have? Tick all that apply

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* 8. Who manages or takes care of the school’s on-site composting system?

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* 9. Are there any problems associated with your on-site composting system? 

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* 10. If yes, please tick all that apply:

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* 11. Do you have a school garden programme for student learning?

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* 12. Does your school have a greenhouse or polytunnel?

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* 13. Does your school generate food waste from a cafeteria or canteen?

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* 14. How is food waste managed from student lunches?

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* 15. Are you interested in setting up a system to minimise garden and food waste at your school with technical and financial assistance from the Composting for Schools programme?

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* 16. What sort of composting systems would you be interested in establishing at your school? (check all that apply)

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* 17. What kind of support would you like from the Composting for Schools programme to help you start or improve composting at your school? Tick all that apply:

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* 18. What sort of classroom learning topics would you be most interested in? - tick all that apply:

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* 19. What sort of classroom learning activities would you be most interested in? - tick all that apply:

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* 20. As a part of the programme, you are required to participate in 5 x 1:45 hour in person workshops at the Laois Education Centre. The trainings will happen on Wednesdays from 4:30 - 6:15PM on the following dates:
 - October 19th
 - October 26th
 - November 9th
 - November 16th and
 - November 23rd
Please confirm that you are available to attend all of these training dates

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* 21. Finally...

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