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  • Recycool - Raise money for your school by recycling mobile phones and empty printer cartridges (Suitable for all ages)
  • Composting - HDRA's Organic Network for Schools (Suitable for KS1 and KS2)
  • Eco Schools - An award scheme for schools throughout the country that gets everyone in the school community involved in making the school environment better. Waste is one of seven areas for schools to focus on as they work for an award (Suitable for all ages)
  • Little Rotters - Composting information for teachers and children, including free classroom activities (Suitable for all ages)
  • Recycle More - NGfL linked website with lesson plans for teachers and games for children (Suitable for KS1,KS2, KS3 and KS4)
  • Recycle Now - Learn how your school can go to the top of the class on recycling. Practical ideas and news for teachers (Suitable for KS1,KS2 and KS3)
  • Recycle Zone - Waste Watch's site for schools, children and teachers telling you what's what in the world of waste (Suitable for all)
  • Recycling Glass - British Glass website for KS1 and KS2 teachers and children. Includes interactive games to play online (Suitable for KS1 and KS2)
  • Think Cans - Games and information for teachers, parents and children relating to aluminium can recycling (Suitable for all)
  • Alupro - Teachers' notes, lesson plans, curriculum links and free tree growing kit available at this aluminium focused recycling website (Suitable for KS2, KS3 and KS4)
  • Centre for Alternative Technology -Order Workshop activity booklets or book a visit to the Centre for Alternative Technology. Relevant to Science, Technology and Geography, with particular regard for energy (Suitable for KS1 to sixth form)
  • Environmental Protection Agency -Download an 11 page colouring book full of tips for making the Earth a better place for free (Suitable for KS1 and KS2)
  • Ollie's World - Follow the adventures of Ollie and his friends to encourage pupils to think about ways they can reduce, reuse and recycle (Suitable for KS2)
  • Ring Leader Quest - A fun environment related quest for kids to complete by answering educational questions (Suitable for KS2 and KS3)
  • Sustainable Schools - Links to useful websites. 'Growing Schools' scheme is designed to support teachers using the 'outdoor classroom' as a resource across the curriculum (suitable for KS1 - 4 and 14-19 qualifications)
  • Tesco Greener Living - Recycling activities aimed for children to do at home with an adult but can be applied to classroom activities (Suitable for KS1- 3)
  • WWF - Assembly ideas related to key sustainability issues. Learning for sustainability' resources to purchase with whole school resources free to download (suitable for KS1 - 4)

Project Synopses

Engaging the Residents of North London with Love Food Hate Waste

Resource Futures recruited and managed two embedded Outreach Workers to support the North London Waste Authority’s, WRAP funded, Love Food Hate Waste campaign. During the seven month period, the Outreach Workers organised and delivered over sixty roadshows in supermarkets, businesses, libraries and at community groups, across NLWA’s seven constituent boroughs, to engage more than 3,500 people with the campaign.

Assessing Bulky Waste in Northern Ireland

Resource Futures carried out a comprehensive review of bulky wastes in Northern Ireland. The review considered quantities arising, types, sources and destinations of bulky waste materials; and importantly the capacity for reuse of such material.The report is intended to be a useful contribution to the waste prevention strand of the Northern Ireland Waste Management Strategy.

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, Good Practice Guidance

Whilst Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) recycling activity is firmly established in the UK, its collection and treatment is a rapidly growing and evolving sector. WRAP research reveals that the average household has 3 old or broken WEEE items stored in the home, therefore there are millions of items out there just waiting to be collected…

News and Events

Resources North Summer Seminar - 9 July 2010

Food for Thought: Cogitating, Deliberating and Digesting the Food Waste Issue

Friday 9 July 2010
Heath Training and Development Centre, Free School Lane, Halifax, HX1 2PT

Resources North Spring Seminar 2010

Resources North Spring Seminar 2010 – Briefing Note
Commercial and Industrial Waste: Whose Business is it Anyway?

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