Reduce, reuse, recycle for Highland
Schools
Our Waste Aware Team can visit your school or youth group to do some fun stuff to help raise awareness about waste issues, all for free.
We can do workshops on recycling and composting. We can also do talks on waste minimisation.
Recycling at School Posters
- reduce your waste at High School in 4 easy steps poster
- reduce your waste at Primary School in 4 easy steps poster
- recycling at School poster
To arrange a visit at your school or borrow from the resource library, please get in touch.
Top tips for reducing waste at school
Reduce
- set printers up to print double sided as a default setting
- encourage everyone to print e-mails only when absolutely necessary
- only use one paper towel at a time
- avoid disposable, single use products, such as cleaning wipes
Reuse
- have a well labelled scrap paper tray in every room
- encourage everyone to bring in waste-free packed lunches and snacks
- use refillable food containers and bottles and avoiding over-packaged foods
- reuse envelopes. Envelope reuse labels can help to cover up the previous address and reseal the envelope. You can make your own or try to source some from a local charity
- use rechargeable batteries
- reuse plastic containers such as yoghurt pots and margarine tubs for use during art activities
- set up a collection for spectacles to donate to Vision Aid, an organisation that sends unwanted spectacles to developing countries to be reused
Recycle
- recycle as much as possible in your school's blue bins
- use your local recycling point for textiles and glass
- compost your organic waste such as fruit peelings, tea bags and any garden waste. The compost that you make can be used to improve your soil
- you can raise some money either for the school or for charity by recycling old mobile phones and ink cartridges
- consider composting cooked food waste with a wormery
- collect used stamps and send to a charity