Recycling Petition to Encourage Recycling in Schools

Les Wallace has initiated an online petition to make recycling facilities in Scottish schools mandatory. Please click on the link to access the petition:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/GettingInvolved/Petitions/playgroundrecycling

Petition comment:

"After more than twenty years since kerbside recycling began in earnest in Scotland we are STILL NOT ensuring that children are being taught about reducing waste and being encouraged to recycle effectively. Investment in domestic recycling schemes and the success of workplace waste reduction is suffering badly because of this. It also means that anti litter work is compromised as recycling is almost certainly a better method of preventing litter than traditional anti litter work.

There are no basic mandatory requirements for how well waste reduction is taught or practiced. As a basic
requirement ALL school children should have recycling facilities in their playgrounds. We also need a national survey on how well reduce, reuse, recycle is taught and practiced in schools to ensure that best practice becomes standard practice."

Video - Interactive Recycling Bank

The Scottish Government’s fun, interactive recycling bank visited five cities across Scotland, to raise awareness of the benefits of recycling more items, more often and show people what common household items such as paper, plastic, glass, metal and cardboard can be transformed into through the recycling process.

Watch what happened here…

A Bridge made from Plastic Bottles

According to Greenwise Business News the first road bridge built entirely from recycled plastic bottles has opened in the Scottish borders. Crossing the River Tweed at Easter Dawyck in Peeblesshire, the bridge is constructed from 50 tons of plastic bottles.

"Start-up company Vertech Limited partnered with Dawyck Estates, specialist bridge designer Cass Hayward LLP, Cardiff University’s School of Engineering, Rutgers University’s AAMIPP Department and Axion International – with support from the Welsh Assembly Government – to make the project a reality.
The bridge now spans the River Tweed at Easter Dawyck in Peeblesshire and forms part of the historic John Buchan Way. It was built off-site and assembled in just four days by a team from Glendinning Groundworks, a local Peeblesshire contractor, and 10 Field Squardron (Air Support), Royal Engineers.
Being made from plastic it won’t rust, requires no painting or regular maintenance and is 100 per cent recyclable, Vertech."

For the full article click here.

Ever wondered where the Eco-Congregation Award plaques come from?

Our Eco-Congregation Award plaques are made by the Grassmarket Community Project in Edinburgh, from old church pews. You can read an interesting article about their work with unemployed people here: http://gh.cm/qIdIV3