Schools Recycling

There are many ways in which schools can play a vital part in building a cleaner, greener world for tomorrow's generations. In this site you will find helpful advice on how to begin recycling in your own school, along with links to successful recyclers nationwide. For more information, please select an option from the list below that best suits your needs.

Recycling Projects

Junior Recycling Club

A highly successful initiative, established in 1993 in Primary and Junior Schools, the aim of the Club is to help promote recycling education. This is achieved by the nomination of a Junior Recycling Officer whose role is to persuade their friends and family to use the 3R's: Reduce, Re-use and Recycle.

For more information, please click the following link to Junior Recycling Club (external link)

SEEN Projects

SEEN (Sustainable Environmental Education Network) can be used as a means of teaching sustainable development. SEEN projects give pupils concrete examples of the seven interrelated concepts proposed by the Government Panel for Sustainable Development Education: interdependence; citizenship and stewardship; needs and rights of future generations; diversity; quality of life; sustainable change; uncertainty and precaution.

For more information, please click the following link to the SEEN Website (external link)