Education Projects

• To encourage parents and children to reduce waste by reusing and recycling items in their lunch boxes including drink bottles and food wrappers.

1. Children taking a packed lunch to school or on school visits are faced with a waste-free challenge.

2. The campaign works on a points system. Classes will gain points for every item in the children's lunches that has been reused - for example reusing drinks bottles instead of paper cartons or new bottles; or reusing ice cream or margarine tubs as sandwich boxes.

3. They will also get points for items that can be recycled, such as aluminium cans. Then they will lose points for any other waste, such as clingfilm, foil, crisp packets, sweel wappers or leftover sandwiches - where possible waste has not been reduced. At the end of the term the class with the most points will win a prize for the school.

4. This campaign can be followed up in the classroom . And you never know it might also encourage the children to eat all their lunch instead of just the goodies!

For information : Tel 853588.