{"id":9872,"date":"2017-12-11T23:18:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T22:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elektro-ade.at\/?page_id=9872"},"modified":"2025-08-26T14:43:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:43:56","slug":"used-electronics-and-batteries-school-kit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elektro-ade.at\/en\/for-schools-and-waste-disposal-consultancy\/used-electronics-and-batteries-school-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Used Electronics and Batteries School Kit &#8211; General information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elektro-ade.at\/en\/for-schools-and-waste-disposal-consultancy\/used-electronics-and-batteries-school-kit-supplements\/\">School Kit supplements for secondary schools<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6235\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a class=\"arrow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elektro-ade.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/001-cSchedl-schulungskoffer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6235\" class=\"wp-image-6235 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elektro-ade.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/001-cSchedl-schulungskoffer-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The Used Electronics and Batteries School Kit\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elektro-ade.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/001-cSchedl-schulungskoffer-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elektro-ade.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/001-cSchedl-schulungskoffer-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Used Electronics and Batteries School Kit<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Hands-on learning about environmental issues with the School Kit<\/h2>\n<p>Everyone knows them, and everyone uses them. From early childhood on, we all use more electronic devices than ever, especially mobile phones. All the more reason to teach kids as early as possible that electrical and electronic devices and the batteries they run on often contain hazardous substances \u2013 as well as valuable raw materials. That\u2019s why mobile phones and other devices should never be thrown out with household rubbish.<\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s inside electronic devices and batteries?<\/h2>\n<p>With the School Kit, children aged 8 to 14 can explore this question in a playful and age-appropriate way. A trained waste management consultant comes right to the school to introduce complex concepts like waste prevention, separate waste collection, reuse and recycling through hands-on learning and interactive educational games.<\/p>\n<h2>Educational goals<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Understanding that waste prevention is the first and most important step in the waste reduction hierarchy<\/li>\n<li>Raising awareness of the proper ways to dispose of waste electrical and electronic equipment<\/li>\n<li>Raising awareness of the importance of recycling<\/li>\n<li>Encouraging a critical, questioning attitude about how we use our devices (at a personal, societal, and global level)<\/li>\n<li>Making kids aware of how much energy is used to manufacture and recycle electrical and electronic equipment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_6248\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a class=\"arrow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elektro-ade.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/003-cSchedl-schulungskoffer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img wpfc-lazyload-disable=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6248\" class=\"wp-image-6248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elektro-ade.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/003-cSchedl-schulungskoffer-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Der Elektroaltger\u00e4te und Altbatterien Schulkoffer - Innenansicht\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elektro-ade.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/003-cSchedl-schulungskoffer-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elektro-ade.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/003-cSchedl-schulungskoffer-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Used Electronics and Batteries School Kit &#8211; inside view<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>School Kit contents<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Visual aids to explain recycling processes<\/li>\n<li>Shredded materials of all different categories<\/li>\n<li>Disassembled mobile phone<\/li>\n<li>Primary raw materials (\u201cRaw Materials Kit\u201d from the Natural History Museum)<\/li>\n<li>Model battery<\/li>\n<li>Variety of stripped cables<\/li>\n<li>Instructions for educational games, including worksheets<\/li>\n<li>Waste management plan for schools<\/li>\n<li>Environmental footprint calculator<\/li>\n<li>and much more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Supplements to the School Kit for secondary schools<\/h2>\n<p>The School Kit has been a rousing success at primary schools \u2013 and now supplementary educational materials have been added for pupils up to 18 years old, plus additional information and downloads for all educational levels.<br \/>\nClick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elektro-ade.at\/en\/for-schools-and-waste-disposal-consultancy\/used-electronics-and-batteries-school-kit-supplements\/\">here<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n<h2>Bring the School Kit to your school<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Interested schools and\/or community representatives can contact their municipal waste management consultants directly at any time to schedule a workshop in schools or for targeted informational events.<\/li>\n<li>The contact people for each Austrian state are listed at the right in the download area.<\/li>\n<li>Since April 2015, schools also have the option to borrow School Kits directly from teacher training colleges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>School Kit supplements for secondary schools Hands-on learning about environmental issues with the School Kit Everyone knows them, and everyone uses them. From early childhood on, we all use more electronic devices than ever, especially mobile phones. 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