1. Waste Week 3rd-7th April 2017

2. Recycling Clothes All clothes can be recycled. Including Dresses Tops
Skirts
Leggings
Jeans
and
Socks

3. Charities that collect clothes

4. Recycling Electrical items
What can be recycled?
If it has a plug, uses batteries, needs charging or has the crossed-out wheelie bin logo on it, it can be recycled.

5. What can be recycled? Items include: Hairdryers Electric toothbrushes
Computers
Mobile phones
Kettles
Toasters
Irons
Fridges and freezers
Washing machines, tumble dryers and dishwashers
And anything else that has a plug or is battery operated

6. Plastic facts
The energy saved from recycling one plastic bottle can power a 100 watt light bulb for almost an hour
It takes just 25 pop bottles to make one fleece jacket

7. Competition 1 time……
Increase your knowledge about waste and recycling.
Outside from Monday next week there will be a fact finding mission in the KS2 playground. Collect a form from an ECO member and hunt the hidden pictures to answer the questions.
There will be stickers/certificates for taking part, and prizes for the winners.

8. Upcycling This year waste week is all about ‘upcycling’
Have a look at these slides which show how things have been ‘upcycled’ (changed to become something else)

10. Upcycling wellies!

11. Electrical at-at

12. Upcycling

17. Up cycled things

18. Can you upcycle something?
Can you make an upcycled item and bring it to school on Thursday 27th April to enter it into our competition?
As many of the parts of the item as possible should be recycled, but you may use glue, sellotape, string etc. as well.
There will be stickers and a certificate for everyone who enters, and prizes for the winners.