Funded by the DfE, Climate Ambassadors match volunteer climate experts with education settings.
Part of Let’s Go Zero, Climate Action Advisors are independent experts who offer free support for schools, colleges, and nurseries across England.
A waste audit is a structured review of what and how much waste is generated by a setting. It also looks at how that waste is managed.
Waste contractors can provide valuable expertise and data to help your settings improve waste separation.
Use the findings from your waste audit to identify some simple, immediate changes which will improve your waste practices. This could include reducing waste, repurposing and reusing items, improving your recycling, and composting.
Collaborate with your catering staff and suppliers to identify opportunities to reduce food waste.
Use the findings from your food and catering audit to identify simple, immediate changes which will make your setting's food practices more sustainable.
Review the types and sources of food provided at your setting, and how it is procured, prepared, served, and disposed of.
Once you have identified some food waste hotspots through collaboration with your catering staff and suppliers, you should choose to progress any easy, low-cost actions that can deliver immediate or near-term benefits.