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.
Conduct a waste audit
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.
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.
Create a waste management plan
A waste management plan document outlines how your setting will reduce, reuse, recycle and appropriately dispose of waste.
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.
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.