The orange reflective vest attracts Ferdinard over his T-shirt. 19 other children do the same six-year olds. That Anne Janotta and Manuela Staaks, waste consultants at the Aachen city operation, ask them to divide into two groups, the children do not get with. Just a garbage truck is pulled up, and which now include the undivided attention.
The children of the daycare Wiesental are this morning to visit the depot of the city operation at the Madrid ring. A tour of the farm with exciting insights into the work of the city operation lies ahead. The guide is available under the Waste education and is particularly aimed at kindergarten and primary school children. September greet on average twice a week from April Anne Janotta and Manuela Staaks a group. “The demand is great,” says Staaks, “rising.”
The 20 children can tear yourself away from the sight of the garbage truck. Finally, there is much more to see. First stop of the tour of the farm is ton Berta. The residual waste with open eyes has too much different garbage in her belly. The part but rather in the belly of their container counterparts. It’s up to the children with reflective tape to sort this.
Manuela Staaks explains in which various containers of paper, potato peels and milk carton include. Then the children are off. Leek, a Keksverpackung and a newspaper are sorted. “Where is the pen?” Asks Nour and looks around quizzically. The six-year-old gets different answers of their friends and finally opts for the residual waste. “Right, well done,” says Staaks.
Messing convey the waste consultants many things on the subject of waste separation and waste prevention. “The children have fun and contribute their knowledge later in their families,” says Staaks. A few meters away stands Uwe Pope and right next to his machine: a glowing orange sweeper.
“What do the switch?” “Why does the machine Three Broomsticks?” “Why is there a hose on it?” Many questions have children who Anne Janotta all answered sequentially. “Who wants to sit in the sweeper times now?” She asks, and all children hands skyrocket. Ferdinard is the first.
And what is in your stomach?
Whip it sits in the cabin and looks at a monitor. He sees Uwe pope who is waving behind the sweeper. The driver of the sweeper can see what is happening behind the vehicle said Janotta.
“And what’s in the belly of the sweeper?” To answer Ferdinards question, the group goes to the container on the premises. The vehicle is reversed at the edge of the pit and tilts the container. Street sweepings falls into the container. “But that’s a lot of dirt!” Cries Ferdinard and laughs.
After an hour, the tour of the farm coming to an end. “This has a lot of fun,” says Ferdinard. Its safety vest he gives Anne Janotta back. The coming soon in the next tour of the farm back into use. It is possible to agree yet for this farm tours at the Aachen city operation. The tour of the farm is aimed at Vorschuld- and primary school children. We recommend a group of maximum 15 children.
The tours are offered in this year through September and take about an hour to complete. The offer is free for all kindergartens and primary schools from the city of Aachen.