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Useful links

  • Recycool - Raise money for your school by recycling mobile phones and empty printer cartridges (Suitable for all ages)
  • Garden Organic - 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)
  • Tesco Greener Living - Recycling activities 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)

Case Studies

Reducing energy use in Bristol schools

Resource Futures worked in partnership with Bristol City Council, Green Path Solutions and Sustainable Redland to help Bristol Primary schools reduce their energy usage.  The key messages were why saving energy is so important to help the environment and save money and how everyone can do their bit to help. 

Bulky Waste Guidance

Resource Futures was contracted by WRAP to develop Bulky Waste Guidance for Local Authorities in association with Caroline Lee-Smith. The guidance updated the original toolkit “Bulky Waste Collections; Maximising Reuse and Recycling - A Step by Step Guide” which provides ideas and identifies opportunities to increase the amount of household bulky waste that is reused and recycled. 

Devon Composting in Schools project

The Devon Composting in Schools project, delivered by Resource Futures, was possibly the biggest schools' food waste composting programme in the country, involving over 80 Devon primary and secondary schools.

News and Events

Community Action goes from strength to strength in Oxfordshire

Resource Futures’ Community Action Groups (CAGs) project met or exceeded all of its targets to support community-led climate change action in Oxfordshire in 2012/13.

Resource Futures steers Bicester Green Centre towards launch

The Bicester Green Centre for ‘Skills, Sustainability and Second hand Stuff’, which aims to reduce waste and to harness skills in the local community by accepting items for repair by volunteers, is gearing up to open its doors to customers. 

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