1. Household Waste in Devon  8 District Councils – collections/local advice  Devon County Council Responsible for Waste Local Plan & Disposal landfill sites & Energy from Waste facilities In-vessel composters Recycling centres Joint contracts 2013-14 recycled and composted 54.8% Third best county in England and Wales Devon targets – 60% by 2014/15 & 65% by 2025/26  2 Unitary Councils – Plymouth & Torbay

2. DCC - Energy from Waste (EfW) 2 new facilities: Exeter (July 2014) - Exeter, East Devon, north Teignbridge and part of Mid Devon Plymouth (Dec 2015) - Plymouth, Torbay, South Hams, West Devon and south Teignbridge

3. DCC – Waste Management facility visits Experience the sights, sounds and smells of waste! Recycling centre / landfill site Energy from Waste facility

4. DCC – Waste Educators Resource Futures 4 year contract

5. Devon Community Composting Network (DCCN) Funded by DAWRRC (Devon Authorities Waste Reduction and Recycling Committee ) Community composting scheme / School advisors

6. Devon School Sustainability ‘Bulletin’ Half termly email Resources, Events, Schemes, Funding Subscribe at http://eepurl.com/oawsfhttp://eepurl.com/oawsf

7. DCC – ‘Cutting your Wasteline’ School Grant Up to £2,250 to help schools reduce their black bag waste; depending on school size. To set up practical recycling and composting systems in your school To help educate pupils about recycling and composting Towards transport costs for visiting waste and recycling facilities Expenses towards a ‘skills share’ visit to a local school 2 rounds of funding per year Next deadlines: 9 th Oct for composting equipment / 6 th Nov for application forms

8. WARPit Online resource exchange facility for Devon schools and DCC buildings Free to join, free to use Saves money and resources www.warp-it.co.uk/devoncc

9. DCC – Waste Education Website zone.recycledevon.org Devon based waste, recycling and composting website Great teaching resources Videos, games, image gallery

10. DCC – Teaching Resource Packs Science/Geography - Material World: year 5/6 Literacy - What about waste? - year 3/4 and year 5/6

11. Heidi Diepold Waste Education Officer Devon County Council heidi.diepold@devon.gov.uk 01392 382920