Reduce, Reuse, Recycle:
raising awareness in schools
through playful education
This pilot focuses on awareness-raising and education on the reduction, re-use, and recycling of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) through playful educational activities that involve the entire school community.
In primary schools in Trentino, Italy.
Children ages 6 to 10, their families and teachers.
Children collect and categorize their used EEE / WEEE at home with help from their family members. At school, thanks to a Web App, all objects collected are registered in the platform and contribute to earning virtual credits. The Web App helps distinguish between functioning objects, repairable objects and waste and guides children and teachers through the correct management process. The accumulated credits allow the class to build a virtual robot. Thanks to the participation of the whole school, a team of robots will be created that will “clean the world of waste”. The Web App also provides immediate feedback on the impact achieved through the collection campaign and provides teachers with educational multimedia material that can be used in the classroom. The residual value of functioning and repairable objects can be used by the school to purchase refurbished hardware resources.
From April 2019.
Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Pilot activities are supported by Comunità della Vallagarina, Comune di Rovereto, Dolomiti Ambiente s.r.l., CDC RAEE.