It is amazing what can be made from waste!

These dresses were made by Northampton School for Girls using waste and charity shop items.

Top Hints

Create a scrap paper draw

Have a scrap paper draw in every classroom so that paper can be used again rather than just recycled if it has some blank spaces that can be filled.

Recycling schemes

When the Waste Education Bus visits a school, pupils are given a sheet of stickers to colour in. They then need to stick the stickers to their correct recycling box or bin at home. This list should help the pupils find out which box or bin they need to put their stickers on to, depending on where they live.

Corby Borough Council	Brown Bin - Glass, plastic, paper, cans, tins, wax cartons. Green Bin - Green garden waste and cardboard
Daventry District Council	Blue box - Mixed plastics, cardboard, glass, cans, tins, foil, aerosols, spectacles and batteries (bagged) Red box - Paper and tetrapak Brown wheelie bin - Green garden waste
East Northamptonshire Council	Green Lidded wheelie bin - Paper, plastic packaging and bottles, cardboard, cans, glass and juice cartons Silver & green food caddy - Food waste - raw food, cooked food, fruit and vegetable peelings
Kettering Borough Council	Red box - Paper Blue box - Plastic bottles, glass, tin foil, cans and tins Grey wheelie bin - Green garden waste and cardboard
Northampton Borough Council	Green box - Paper and cardboard Blue box - Plastics, tin foil, cans, tins and batteries (bagged) Brown wheelie bin - Green garden waste
South Northamptonshire Council	Green box - Paper and glass Black box - Plastics, tin foil, cans and tins Green wheelie bin - Green garden waste and cardboard
Wellingborough Borough Council	Green wheelie bin - Paper, cardboard, cans, tins, plastic bottles, glass Brown wheelie bin - Green garden waste