Earlier this year, we had a recycling unit installed at the front of our school to collect waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). So far, we’ve collected 38kg of WEEE – not bad going for a school our size when you compare this to the average, but we can do better, please!
For the autumn term, a total of 2.25 tonnes of WEEE was collected across the 30 schools that host a WEEE bank. That’s an average of 75 kg per school. Without WEEE banks, it’s likely that the items would have been disposed of to landfill and all the various metals, plastic etc from which they are made would have been lost and not recycled. So it’s excellent news for the environment. Thank you all for your support with this.
Seven schools did particularly well and managed to collect over 100kg of WEEE. The three schools that collected the most WEEE will be receiving rewards of £500, £300 and £200 to spend on environmental projects of their choice as directed by School Council and/or the Green team.
In this period after Christmas, it’s likely that you will have extra bits of WEEE to dispose of as games consoles, phones, computers etc are upgraded, and broken toys and electrical items are uncovered as spring cleaning starts. The £500, £300 and £200 cash rewards are available again this term for schools that collect the most WEEE!
Incidentally, I’ve suggested the rewards actor in the size of school in future, so fingers crossed and start WEEEing wisely!