The recycling “shed” is now up and running. Last Friday we collected 16 bulging sacks of recycled paper, in future we will be able to store it in the “shed” until collection. The success of this scheme is down to everyone putting their waste paper in the correct bin and then the dedicated team of volunteers collecting it. Well done to all involved, we will now look into futher ways to extend this scheme later this term.
There was no Eco Club meeting last week as it was Christmas Dinner. In fact some of you got to reflect on this in Geography when we looked at how far our Christmas Dinners had travelled in “food miles” (up to around 37000 miles!). Obviously we have not had a meeting today as it is the holiday but since I know some of you like to keep track of what is going on we should have an update.
First of all a huge thank you to all who have contributed garden tools to our allotment project the “Bushloe Big Green Grow” that starts in the spring. We now have nearly enough tools to get the project started, especially since this week we had two further donations including some smaller hand tools which are going to prove invaluable. Sorry if there are any donations I have yet to acknowledge, I will get around to it in the new year.
Recycling is due to step up a gear in the new year. After Christmas all pupils and staff will be invited to bring in their old Christmas cards to recycle. We also hope to start our new rota for recycled paper collection (now up on the Eco Club notice board). We also have a new storage facility that will be outside where the recycled paper will be stored until collection. This “shed ” will also be the place where we can keep other items for recycling and will allow us to expand the range of things we recycle as a school. Oh and by the way the “shed” is made of 70% recycled plastic! Also coming in the spring will be a new cardboard recycling “skip” which will replace one of the “rubbish” (landfill) skips.
When we start back in the new year we will carry on with our programme of Eco Club meetings on Fridays. Planned sessions include making bird feeders (yes I know -we will get around to that one eventually) and starting to look at how much energy we use around the building. Have a happy Christmas and see you in the New Year.
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Tagged: eco update, Recycling, school allotment
Today in Eco Club our focus was on recycling, we spent the time making and distributing paper recycling bins. The bins were kindly provided by Leicestershire Council and came in flatpack form. We have now distributed 30 of the recycling bins across the school with most teaching areas and some office areas having one. We must now start using them, lists of what can be recycled are printed on the side of each bin. Our team of 24 volunteer pupils will emty the bins each week. Many thanks to all the pupils who helped today and our two I.T.T. teachers who also helped out. Just click on the thumbnail images to see the larger version. (The reason we were out of uniform today is because of a non uniform day in aid of children in need).
