School Pollution In Schools

Introduction-

Pimpama State Secondary has a problem with litter. Litter is a huge problem worldwide. So in getting these drones that pick up rubbish our school is doing its part in reducing the rubbish in the world. The drones can also help the cleaners by reducing the amount of rubbish they have to pick up every afternoon after school has finished. A Japanese company came up with a drone called ‘Prodrone’ that was developed for completing ‘hands-on’ operations. Students seem to litter more when at lunch breaks. The drone will only orbit around Pimpama State secondary college. The solution a drone with claws that picks up rubbish with a camera to identify buildings and students to not run into them. A drone with claws that picks up rubbish

11.5 billion dollars is spent every year to clean up litter in Australia, this money could be better spent on other things like roads, schools etc. Land pollution has come to be one of the serious concerns that we always have to battle. Litter is harmful to people, animals and most of all the natural environment. Paper takes 6 months to decompose, cigarette butts take 2-5 years, banana peels take 3 months, plastic bags take 10-30 years, gum takes 20-25 years and aluminium cans take 200-400 years to decompose. 9 billion tons of litter ends up in the ocean every year. Drones have helped with lots of things just one of them is helping firefighters. The drones have thermal cameras which give the firefighters the ability to see through smoke, to see at night and at the same time to observe large areas from a safe distance.

Specify requirements-

The drone will only orbit around Pimpama State secondary college. They will be mainly operating after school so students won’t damage them but sometimes it will operate at lunch to clean up all rubbish left by students after eating.

Brainstorm, Evaluate and Choose

Students have identified a few problems with having the drone such as, vandals may break the drone, it would be expensive, the drone may malfunction, it may run into students/buildings, could get broken in the rain and drones are not allowed on any surfaces of Queensland Education like our school. Some solutions for students breaking it could be to only use the drone after and before school. Another solution that could be effective for the problem of the drone running into buildings/students is that the drone could have a sensor to identify anything it could run into, when 10cm close to an object the drone will immediately turn to prevent running into it. Future ideas the drone could be to add a sensor, to only use it before and after school, talking with the Queensland government about allowing the drone to fly around the school and for them to maybe fund the purchasing of the drones and to add to and further the technology of the drone. Could you use the drone in other schools? Could you further the technology of the