The East Waste Schools Program is a year-long waste education program, focused on student agency and engaging the wider school community. Developed by KESAB environmental solutions and delivered over the course of the school year, the theme for the 2026 program is food waste reduction and diversion. Check out our socials to keep up to date with our 2026 schools.
SUBMISSIONS OPEN: The East Waste Schools Food Waste Artwork Competition
Are you looking to engage your students in food waste reduction and sustainability education?
In partnership, East Waste and KESAB environmental solutions are officially launching the East Waste Schools Food Waste Artwork Competition!
What is involved: Students are encouraged to research food waste reduction and diversion in order to create artworks that share this research, along with a message and call to action. Schools can submit their best 5 artworks in the competition. The winner across all the schools will have their artwork featured on an East Waste truck. Finalists will have their artwork featured in the 2027 East Waste Schools educational calendar for community distribution and education.
Criteria: Artwork must express messaging about food waste reduction and a call to action to reduce food waste. Artwork should be clear, simple and visually impactful. We recommend a word limit of 6-10 words for your design within the rectangle on the template – think about how it might look on a truck! Hand-made artwork submissions only.
With your art submission, you must also include three top tips to reducing and/or
avoiding food waste. A form for this can be found on the submission entry form on page 6 of the East Waste 2026 Artwork Competition Reference Guide (pdf, 6.4 mb). Please also return signed consent forms for all students submitting, found on page 7 of the document.
Dimensions: The artwork template should be printed on A4, landscape and scanned in at the highest resolution possible (a minimum of 4000x 3000 pixels is recommended). You must use the template provided on page 10 of this document to ensure the artwork meets this criteria. Artworks are to be scanned and submitted via email to bookings@kesab.asn.au
If your artwork is selected as the winner, the original copy will need to be dropped off or sent to KESAB environmental solutions. Please keep all original artworks.
We encourage you to work in pairs or small groups for collaborative learning and creating. To submit your artwork and top tips to reduce food waste, email a digital copy of your artwork to bookings@kesab.asn.au
Who can participate:
The competition is open to all primary schools across East Waste Councils, including:
- Adelaide Hills Council
- City of Burnside
- Campbelltown City Council
- City of Mitcham
- City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters
- City of Prospect
- City of Unley
- Town of Walkerville.
Submissions close: 11:59pm on Friday 11th September (Week 8, Term 3).
Make sure to include copies of the submission entry form and consent form found on pages 6-7 of this document. Read the template guidelines on page 8 and make sure to use the template on page 10. For further submission details and Terms and Conditions, please read the East Waste 2026 Artwork Competition Reference Guide.
If you have any questions, please email bookings@kesab.asn.au
Check out the entries from the 2025-26 calendar competition!
As a part of the East Waste Schools Calendar Competition, dozens of entries were received from a range of different schools across East Waste councils.
The entries were judged on both their artwork and top tips for fighting food waste. There were twelve winning entries, one for each month in the calendar. Winning entries were submitted by students from the following schools:
- Bellevue Heights Primary School
- Concordia College, St John’s Campus
- Eden Hills Primary School
- Saint Ignatius’ College Junior School
- Vale Park Primary School
- Wilderness School
Congratulations to all the winners! Please download your own free copy of the calendar to see the winning artworks and tips from these talented students.
Please note this is a large file and may take some time to download.
