Powerful Plastics Recycling
Plastic is a fantastic material with a multitude of uses, but it seems that people are not too sure what to do once they are finished with it.
Recycling helps your council by reducing the cost of waste disposal and generating materials that can be sold to manufacturers- increasing the money available for other council services. More importantly, REDUCING, REUSING & RECYCLING our plastic waste will help to protect our planet from plastic pollution.
ecoACTIVE School Support and Recycling Competition
Selected schools took part in a Powerful Plastics challenge, in order to improve recycling levels in their wards. With the support of ecoACTIVE through staff training, lesson plans, resources and a school assembly; the school community were able to learn which plastic items can be recycled.
For three weeks, the schools competed to become the North London plastic recycling champs! Pupils were responsible for checking the recycling, weighing it at the end of the week. Results were shared on a leader board each week - and it was keenly watched to see the final results.
At ecoACTIVE, we love to get creative, so we had a go at creating our own plastic artwork! We made a turtle from old plastic bottles, bubble wrap, carrier bags, CDs and yoghurt pots. Children met our plastic turtle at our Plastic Roadshow.