Recycling & Reducing
Here at Wicor recycling is a priority. We have teamed up with Terracycle to recycle pens, bakery product packaging, hand wash pumps and Pringles tubes. We also partner with other schemes to recycle printer cartridges and batteries which bring us money for books and donations we make to charities. We have chosen these products to collect as they are difficult to recycle in our local area. Lots of children are involved with the sorting, packing and then sending away to be recycled. We know recycling is not the best way of reducing waste which is why we also teach our children about reducing the amount of 'stuff' they throw away and how they can carefully consider whether they need something in the first place.
Here at Wicor recycling is a priority. We have teamed up with Terracycle to recycle pens, bakery product packaging, hand wash pumps and Pringles tubes. We also partner with other schemes to recycle printer cartridges and batteries which bring us money for books and donations we make to charities. We have chosen these products to collect as they are difficult to recycle in our local area. Lots of children are involved with the sorting, packing and then sending away to be recycled. We know recycling is not the best way of reducing waste which is why we also teach our children about reducing the amount of 'stuff' they throw away and how they can carefully consider whether they need something in the first place.
You can check what we collect on the posters on the bins. Thanks for your support!
Poster May 2023.pdf
Year 4 did a litter pick. Some of the things the children said during the pick were:
"I felt sad because animals are eating rubbish."
"I felt upset about humans littering around the world."
"I felt sad for the animals because they can't find a home without plastic."
"I felt angry."
The children channelled these feelings into doing something positive for the community.