{"id":31160,"date":"2022-04-21T18:44:23","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T22:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=31160"},"modified":"2022-04-21T18:44:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T22:44:28","slug":"aurora-students-finish-wastebuster-app-head-to-fll-canada-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/aurora-students-finish-wastebuster-app-head-to-fll-canada-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora Students Finish WasteBuster App, head to FLL Canada Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Back in October, students from Aurora held an outreach event as part of National Waste Reduction Week at 229 Industrial Parkway S, to educate the local public on circular economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team, \u00c9quipe Francobotique, representing \u00c9cole \u00e9l\u00e9mentaire catholique Saint-Jean and \u00c9cole interm\u00e9diaire catholique Renaissance, chose to address the problem of overconsumption and waste as a part of their First Lego League Challenge Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, Head Coach of the team Ren\u00e9e Northrup announced the students have completed the WasteBuster App \u2013 York Region Edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt has been updated over the last month to include redesign ideas and links to local events for all municipalities in York Region,\u201d Northrup told The Auroran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis update is our final version, and is now available on Google Play. Anyone who downloaded it previously will have access to the update automatically.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This app is intended to discover circular solutions for unwanted items. Instead of immediately resorting to throwing items in the garbage, this application will find a way to ensure the item can be reused, repaired or recycled properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an effort to promote their app \u00c9quipe Francobotique published a video on YouTube and created their very own poster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur goal is to get as many individuals as possible to download our app and give it a try. It is free to download and works on all Android phones,\u201d Northrup said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amidst this latest achievement, \u00c9quipe Francobotique, were also crowned champions at the First Lego League Ontario West Provincial Championships in February and won the \u2018Implementation\u2019 Major Award at the Ontario Innovation Celebration in March.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team will be competing at the FLL Canada Cup in May. You can download the app at: https:\/\/bit.ly\/WasteBuster<\/a> and check out their promo video here: https:\/\/youtu.be\/PpdFWxANdco<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Robert Belardi<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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