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The schools are: St Bartholomew’s CE Primary, Wootton
Bassett, Ashton Keynes CE Primary, Broad Town CE Primary,
Corsham Primary, Lacock Primary, Frogwell and Ivy Lane Primary
Schools in Chippenham, and Staverton CE Primary School, Trowbridge.
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The Schools’ Recycling Scheme is a partnership
with Hills Waste.
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In the seven years since it began operating, it has
brought the “Reduce, Re-use, Recycle” message home
to thousands of children, their parents and communities all
over Wiltshire.
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The scheme has saved more than 1,000 tonnes of waste paper
from landfill. It would take 17,000 trees to make this much
paper from wood pulp. By turning it into recycled paper, the
scheme has saved enough water to flush a toilet 4,240,000
times, and enough electricity to run an average house for
500 years!
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Part
of a free national programme offered to schools by Waste Watch,
Cycler dances, raps and chats to children between the ages of five
and eleven about issues related to waste.
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Waste Warrior and Cycer drive home the message about rubbish. |
These
are children who know a thing or two about reducing rubbish themselves.
The
schools all belong to the Schools Recycling Scheme, a partnership
between Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and Hills Waste which is co-organising
the Cycler visits.
Tania
Crockett, Education Officer for the Trust, said: “Children
are amazed by Cycler. The rapping robot really brings the Three
‘R’s of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle to life.”
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future is in their hands and in their landfill schemes! |
The
schools are presented with awards for the amount of waste paper
they have collected for recycling.
Broad
Town school recently received a special trophy for reaching the
astonishing total of 50 tonnes (ten large bin-lorries full).
Presenting
the awards is another larger-than-life special guest - the Waste
Warrior - a cartoon Viking in a dress!
The
Trust’s education programme offers minibeast safaris in school
grounds, an inspection of the classroom bin, discovering a hidden
chest in an ancient woodland or exploring the amazing underwater
world of Wiltshire’s rivers.
Some
of these programmes take place at a number of the Trust’s nature
reserves, in particular Langford Lakes, where a purpose-built environmental
education facility is taking shape.
Others
take place in schools, but all are linked to the National Curriculum.
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