Three Stockport schools recycled nearly 400kg of broken and unwanted electrical items as part of Recycle Week.
Recycle for Greater Manchester set up 28 ‘Don’t Bin it Bring it’ recycling points in schools and businesses with support from recycling and waste management partner Viridor as part of Recycle Week.
Staff and members of the community were able to recycle their small broken or unwanted electrical items, ranging from kettles to cameras, battery-operated toys to toasters, power drills to mobile phones.
The three Stockport schools which took part were:
- Cheadle Catholic Junior – they recycled 100kg
- Woodley Primary – they recycled 220kg
- Hursthead Primary – they recycled 60kg
Pictured are pupils from Woodley Primary school, the third best performer out of 26 schools in the region participating in Recycle Week.
Woodley Primary was the third best performer out of 26 participating schools in the region.
Graeme Brock, Deputy Headteacher at Woodley Primary School, said:
“Everyone at the school was delighted to take part in the recycling of electrical goods, particularly since such items are often placed in ordinary bins rather than where they can be recycled for the benefit of everyone. We promoted the scheme on our website, through letters and posters and in school assemblies – the response from the community was marvellous.”
Councillor Stuart Bodsworth, Stockport Council’s Executive Member for Communities and Sustainability, said:
“I would like to congratulate these schools on their excellent recycling efforts. People can recycle unwanted electrical items including WEEE’s at their local household waste recycling centre. It is really important to recycle these items as they can often end up in landfill or even worse fly-tipped because people aren’t sure what to do with them.”
For more information on recycling, visit the Council website www.stockport.gov.uk/waste
Pictured are pupils from Woodley Primary school participating in Recycle Week.