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Reducing schools' resource use

Reducing your environmental impact

Reducing the resources that your school uses is not only good for the environment but can also save money. In addition to working with pupils we can also provide technical advice on how to minimise your resource use, such as:

  • Advising on recycling services available
  • Supporting the introduction of food waste collections including liaison and support to catering staff
  • Investigating options for waste minimisation
  • Setting up school composting from advice on the type of composting system, through to practical support on setting up systems and designing curriculum linked activities to get children involved
  • We can also advise on simple changes that can save on energy and water consumption

As with all our services in some areas we are able to offer subsidised support- see our local project area pages

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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