Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Get your waste team together to plan your project, check out the great ideas below. You might want to hold a ‘Zero Waste Week’ or try out loads of different events throughout the year.
Students at Soas made a sculpture out of all the waste they found around their campus
A recycling scheme Sounds basic but without visible recycling bins and regular collections people won’t do it. Check out the website for details of how to get a recycling scheme up and running in your school.
A ‘trash to treasure’ stall You can make some amazing things out of rubbish. Tetra packs, cans and plastic bags can be transformed into cards, jewellery, wallets and bags. Why not get creative and have a recycled treasure stall to raise money for People & Planet?
Swap shop Revamp your wardrobe, music or book collection with a swap-shop. Ask students and teachers to bring unloved clothes, books or games and swap them for things they do want. Everyone pays £2 to take part, raising vital money for the Go Green campaign.
Recycled artwork Ask art and technology teachers to give you their left over materials and use them to make recycled artwork. You could involve the whole school or college in a massive ‘art attack’.
Mobile phone recycling points Set up a collection for old mobile phones. Not only will you be saving valuable resources from the bin you can raise money for People & Planet.
Get competitive Run competitions between tutor groups with prizes for whichever one can recycle the most or ind the most weird and wonderful use for their rubbish.
Most importantly, make sure you get in contact for any advice or to let us know your plans!
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