WELCOME! Welcome to the Slim your Bin at School website. We hope you like it! If you have any comments please contact 01604 237332. Remember to look at 'The Photo Gallery' to see us in action!! Thanks! WINNER OF THE WASTE EDUCATION TEAMS MEDIA COMPETITION Polly Denton from Southfield School for Girls, Kettering, won first place in the Waste Education Teams Media Competition for Secondary Schools. She created a very effective presentation that gave over some clear messages about the 3Rs' (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) at Christmas time. Congratulations to Polly and to all those that entered. Look out for the competition next year to see if you can win! COMPETITION WINNERS FOR 2007/08 The winners so far for 2007/08 monthly competitions are: September (2 winners picked due to no draw in August) - Gretton Primary in Corby Borough and Hartwell Primary in South Northants, October - Rowan Gate School in the Borough of Wellingborough, November - Mears Ashby Primary in the Borough of Wellingborough. Don't forget to be in to win great prizes every month all you have to do is record how much your school recycles and then enter this data onto the website - its as easy as that! WASTE EDUCATION RESOURCE BOXES We have redeveloped our Waste Education Resource Boxes!! We now have 2 boxes to choose from. The first contains a teachers resource pack , various related children's reading books and teachers activity books and several examples of recycled products. The second contains 15 sets of equipment with additional boards for a class of 30 pupils, an information folder and a Creative Paper Making book to allow a hands on experience of recycling. Both boxes are avaliable to borrow free of charge. Contact Kirsten Jefferies on 01604 237633 for further details or to borrow one of the boxes. RECYCLE YOUR MOBILE PHONES AND RAISE FUNDS FOR YOUR SCHOOL! There are literally millions of unwanted mobile phones in the UK alone. The environmental impact of dumping these handsets into our already over-stretched landfill sites is extremely damaging. ‘Re:cycle Your Mobile’ aims to collect as many of these unwanted mobile phones and re-process them for re-use where possible. The handsets that have reached the end of their useful life in the UK can offer a low-cost communication solution to users in developing countries who cannot afford to buy a brand new handset. Envelopes distributed to schools will enable staff, pupils and parents to recycle their phones and raise funds for their school. For further information please contact the Waste Education Team on tel: 01604 237637 or mobile 07773 813438 A GREAT FUNDRAISING IDEA!!! COLLECT4SCHOOLS ---------------------------------- You collect empty printer cartridges from pupils and parents interested in the Collect4School scheme in collection bins in your school. The cartridges will be collected from you free of charge for recycling. You will be paid for the empty cartridges that can be recycled! It is free to join the Collect4School scheme and all resources including collection bins and bags are provided free of charge. To get involved and for more information you can contact a member of Northamptonshire's Waste Education Team 01604 237633 or log onto www.collect4school.co.uk!! Get Fundraising!! SPRING ART COMPETITION 2005! The Winners of the competition were, Primary School category, 1st Southend Infants, 2nd Bozeat Primary, 3rd Kingsley Primary. Secondary School category, 1st Northampton Academy, 2nd and 3rd Mereway Community College. The winning artwork has been used to put together a calendar for 2006. The Waste Education Team decided on 6 of the next best peices of artwork and these are also in the calendar for 2006. The winning Schools and all Schools on the Slim Your Bin @School scheme have recieved copies of the calendar. If you would like to recieve additional calendars then please call 01604 237332 as we have some spare! Recycling and Nature's Recyclers - New at Barnwell Country Park To make it even easier for your school or group to find out about what happens to your rubbish you can visit the new facility at the Kingfisher Lodge, Barnwell Country Park. Click on the link in 'Waste Education Centre' for more details. TEAM OF THE YEAR 2004 WINNERS! The Northamptonshire Waste Education Team were voted Team of the Year 2004 at the Northamptonshire Business Excellence Awards. The judges said 'This team is totally committed to increasing waste awareness in schools and community groups.Overall a highly effective Team.'