Inspiring future generations to recycle - prize pot on offer
Primary and special schools are taking part in a Bath & North East Somerset Council project to increase recycling in the area while being rewarded for their efforts from a prize fund of £10,000.
The prize fund is an investment in the future as the activities will encourage more recycling, less waste and result in on-going savings to the local taxpayers with less material going to landfill.
Starting from February, pupils will ask friends and family to make a pledge to recycle more of their rubbish each week. The more pledges a school collects, the more points they will save, which can be put towards a range of prizes such as computers, musical instruments and sports equipment. And the more that people recycle, the more points the school can collect.
The project, called Recycling Rewards for Schools is being run until July 2013 by Ainsworth and Parkinson on behalf of the Council using Government funding. Nearly 60 schools have signed up to take part.
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Councillor David Dixon (Lib-Dem, Oldfield), Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, said, "It is really important that recycling is promoted to children and young people because they will take on the challenge of tackling climate change in future decades.
"Bath & North East Somerset Council is building upon our excellent record of supporting residents to recycle by encouraging children to apply what they learn into the home and inspire their family to become more eco-friendly. The scheme is a great way to achieve this aim, whilst also rewarding local schools for helping to spread the word."
Julia Battersby, Joint Head Teacher at Peasedown Primary School, said, "The school recognises the value of improving the recycling habits of our pupils and welcomes the chance to achieve some incentives along the way. We are really looking forward to playing our part in this exciting scheme."
By recycling more, the amount of waste going to landfill is reduced which helps cut the amount of Landfill Tax paid by the local taxpayer. It saves resources and energy which reduces the impact of climate change. Materials recycled are made into many useful products including cans, bottles, parts of machinery and jewellery.
For more information about the project and a full list of schools taking part Google Search 'Bathnes Recycling Rewards for Schools' or go to www.bathnes.gov.uk/schoolrecycling
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5 Comments
by council_spoke
Thursday, March 07 2013, 11:01AM
“Hi, All. Thanks for your feedback.
As part of the Recycling Rewards for Schools project Bath & North East Somerset Council are inviting school pupils to ask their friends, neighbours and family to make a pledge to recycle more. When the pledge is completed by a representative of the household we ask that some personal information is provided so that we can administrate the pledges and allocate rewards.
The postal address is collected to make sure that we only receive one pledge from each household and that all households are in Bath and North East Somerset.
Without this information we cannot count the pledge. Please see terms and conditions on the http://tinyurl.com/cju4vfo website.
A telephone number can be provided and would only be used in case we have a query about the pledge (for example, if we need to make sure we have read the details correctly). We will not use the telephone number for any other reason and people making a pledge do not have to include it if they would prefer not to – the pledge will still be counted, (unless we are unable to read the address).
We ask for an email address so that we can acknowledge receipt of everyone's pledge. People making a pledge do not have to include their email if they would prefer not to – the pledge will still be counted. If anyone would like to receive future updates on the Council's waste services there is the option to tick a box to request this. We will not send updates unless this box is ticked.
The information collected will only be used for the purposes of this project and will not be used for any other purpose. These details will not be kept beyond the duration of the project and will not be shared with any organisation outside of the project, unless required to do so by law. The information collected will be kept until the end of the project (July 2013), at which point it will be securely destroyed.
For further information please see http://tinyurl.com/cju4vfo or contact us at councilconnect@bathnes.gov.uk (01225 39 40 41)
Hope this helps!”
by jezer
Thursday, February 28 2013, 4:02PM
“This is all well and good, but the most eco-friendly measure is to stop driving children to school in gas guzzling vehicles. Let them cycle or walk, under supervision if necessary. It will benefit their health as well as improving the environment.”
by wheelie_bin
Thursday, February 28 2013, 2:41PM
“Council_bloke
Not happy about collecting private addesses, emails and phone numbers from my work colleagues on behalf of my daughter ('s school). Can you tell me why all this information is necessary? Under the data protection act you are not meant to collect unneccessary data and have to have a policy to delete it when it no longer of use - perhaps you can clarify. I'm of the opinion that it is better not to collect pledges under the circumstances, especially as the data is passed to a third party, even though the school may miss out on some exciting prizes.
Remember, it is meant to be a pledge, not an underhand means of collecting mailshot data.”
by Ilovespaniels
Thursday, February 28 2013, 1:10PM
“From BANES website : "Ainsworth and Parkinson are running the scheme on behalf of the Council. This is an award winning project that they developed in 2003 and have run in around 10% of UK local authorities. For more information, please go to http://tinyurl.com/dxp2clz "
10% in ten years ! The link to the A&P site shows it is being rebuilt.”
by Dave_Weston
Thursday, February 28 2013, 12:23PM
“Perhaps the council can advise -
1. Which one of my now warring kids gets to have our household pledge (since only one is allowed per household). Repeat in terms of each of the people we have that they might want to approach who can only favour one or the other.
2. What the privacy assurances are in connection to people signing up these pledges and thereby handing their personal details including email addresses to an unknown third party company.
As things stand recycling is about to be encouraged by telling both kids they can put their (badly made - stapled in the wrong order) booklets in the recycling drawer. You have to wonder if the additional weight of booklet paper to dispose of will outweigh the recycling gains!
Nice idea in princple - needed thinking through beyond the first spark of idea to practicalities.”