Climate Ambassadors

Funded by the DfE, Climate Ambassadors match volunteer climate experts with education settings.

Let’s Go Zero Climate Action Advisors

Part of Let’s Go Zero, Climate Action Advisors are independent experts who offer free support for schools, colleges, and nurseries across England.

Waste

The resources we discard affect the environment, whether its food, paper, uniforms, or old electronics. These actions will help to reduce waste.

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Milestones are key actions that enable you to complete your aims. You can also use them as points to share and celebrate your progress.

Conduct a waste audit

Examine the types and amounts of waste your setting produces, and your waste disposal practices. Understanding this will help you to identify opportunities to reduce your environmental impact.

MilestoneLow costOne off action

Engage your stakeholders to improve waste management

Ask your staff, parents and guardians, children and young people, suppliers and the local community, how to best make your waste practices more sustainable.

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Develop a waste management plan

Use the results of your waste audit to plan to improve how your setting manages waste.

MilestoneLong term action

Plan a session on consumption as part of your behaviour change programme

Organise sessions to educate your whole community on the topic of consumption and responsible habits.

Repeat action

Plan a session on waste in your behaviour change programme

Educate your whole community on the topic of waste and responsible waste habits. You can also use the sessions to share the success of any waste improvement projects, and to seek feedback on any planned projects.

Repeat action