Agri-Circular Minds: IIS Domizia Lucilla for waste prevention

The Agricultural Section of IIS Domizia Lucilla has launched an integrated educational campaign for the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) to rethink consumption patterns and maximise resource efficiency, culminating in a showcase event on November 27th.

The project engages the entire school community through the focus on some of the “R” strategies proposed by the EWWR guidelines:

– Rethink and Refuse: Students will create and deliver digital presentations analysing the environmental footprint, degradation times, and energy demands of some common materials (plastics, paper, glass, and organics). Interactive quizzes, role-plays contrasting sustainable versus unsustainable recycling routines, sustainability-themed escape rooms, and surveys analysing waste management habits will engage the school community, encouraging it to question single-use habits and refuse unnecessary waste at the source.

– Reuse and Repurpose: Students have transformed discarded packaging boxes, used sheets, brochures, and old newspapers into promotional posters featuring slogans on all the “R” strategies. They have also created an eco-friendly Nativity scene (presepe) made entirely from recycled items. These creations will be displayed during the main event on November 27th. Furthermore, a school Swap Market will take place on the same day to extend the lifecycle of second-hand garments and books. Students will receive prizes made from recycled materials—including custom recycled fabric t-shirts and recycled canvas tote bags featuring event and school logos—highlighting long-term reuse and demonstrating closed-loop material cycles.

– Recycle and Rot: Connecting agricultural practice with waste reduction, practical workshops will demonstrate biological recycling through composting (Rot), showing how organic waste can return into productive loops. In addition to this, there will be  interactive demonstrations on correct waste sorting and recycling practices.