New research from Glasdon reveals how businesses are gearing up for the upcoming changes. As the 31st of March deadline fast approaches, businesses across England are priming themselves for a major shake-up in how recycling and waste management is handled. With such major changes drawing closer, how exactly are businesses adapting to these new hurdles?…
The average primary school pupil creates 45kg of waste per year. Unsurprisingly, schools produce huge volumes of waste every year as a result. However, 80% of it is recyclable! With schools starting next week, waste experts from BusinessWaste.co.uk have put together a short guide on the easiest ways schools can recycle better and become…
Sistema® launches a nationwide contest for a primary school to win a new playground with a frame made of 100% recycled materials, in partnership with TerraCycle Registration for the Sistema® Recycled Playground Contest opens on the 8th July 2024 The Sistema® Recycled Playground Contest is running from 12th September until 18th December 2024 and the…
Schools have a huge waste output every year, with primary schools producing an estimated 45kg of waste per pupil, and 22kg per pupil in secondary schools, equalling 250,000 tonnes of waste annually. This staggering figure indicates how desperately the education sector must reduce waste to be more sustainable. Finding appropriate ways to reduce the…
In celebration of Global Recycling Day 2024, Discovery Education is providing primary schools with digital resources to help teachers highlight the important role recycling plays in protecting the environment. Available via Discovery Education’s award-winning Espresso learning platform, the high-quality digital content is closely mapped to the National Curriculum for Science in KS1 and KS2. Discovery…
Presently, over half of UK citizens dispose of items in the rubbish bin that could instead be recycled[1]. Recycle Now wants to inspire children aged five to eleven to help change that, with The Big Recycling Hunt – a nationwide hunt to find ‘lost recyclables’ that often end up in the rubbish bin. …
Are you a parent, teacher or community leader passionate about nurturing the next generation of recyclers and protecting the environment long term? EMR has released the brand new Recyclabots e-learning platform, designed to educate children in Key Stage 2 (7 to 11-years-olds) about the different properties of metals, how they are recycled and how responsibly…
Alupro, the aluminium packaging recycling organisation, has announced the launch of its 2020 primary education programme. From Monday 28September, schools across the UK and Ireland will be recruited to participate in the initiative, which aims to bring recycling into the classroom through science, art, design and PHSE. The anime-inspired Key Stage 2 (KS2) campaign will…
