Schools Recycling

What can we recycle at school?

All Westminster schools get a free recycling service. You can recycle:

• paper & card
• plastic bottles, pots, tubs & trays
• drink cans & food tins
• glass bottles & jars
• batteries
• mixed textiles, clothes and shoes to raise funds for the school
• fruit and vegetable scraps using a composter/wormery

How does it work?

A recycling officer will visit the school and help find the best recycling scheme for the school. We can then provide some of the following, all free of charge:

• mixed recycling bags
• mixed recycling bins - weekly or twice-weekly collection
• paper recycling bins - for schools that produce lots of paper waste
• battery bank - collection on request

Schools can also buy discounted composting bins from £14, or set up a textiles recycling scheme to raise funds for the school.

Contact the Recycling Team

Composting at home/school

How can we let pupils and staff know about recycling?

We can visit the schools and give an assembly or work with students and staff with their own campaigns; simply contact the recycling team.

Fabulous activities, posters and stickers are available from Recycle Now.

Resources and lesson plans

The following are selected from a variety of free, online sources. If you have your own you'd like to add, please send it to the Recycling Team.

Primary

• Waste & recycling lesson plan - Friends of the Earth
• Mad about waste & recycling posters - Friends of the Earth

Secondary

• Shout about waste activity - Friends of the Earth
• Waste information booklet - Friends of the Earth
• Recycling saves energy - Waste Watch

Useful links

More educational recycling  information can also be found on the following websites:

• Sustainable Schools programme
• Friends of the Earth school resources
• www.eco-star.com
• www.wastewatch.org.uk/education
• www.eco-schools.org.uk
• www.rethinkrubbish.com
• www.londonremade.com
• www.globalactionplan.org.uk
• www.envision.org.uk
• www.capitalwastelearning.com