Eco Ranger News
Eco Schools newsletter
This year we are recycling the following:
Postage stamps - these will be going to Guide Dogs for the Blind. They are sold to help train and keep guide dogs. Please send in any postage stamps that you may receive. They need to have a 5mm border of paper around them so that they can be used.
www.gdba.org.uk
Then look in:
i) helping us
ii) recycle for guide dogs
iii) stamps
Spectacles - Vision Aid Overseas is collecting spectacles for their work in the developing world. We will be collecting them in school and arranging for collections on a regular basis.
Unfortunately they cannot take the following:
Spectacles that are broken or in bad condition.
Bifocals or varifocals.
Spectacle cases.
All others will be gratefully received.
Mobile phones - We are recycling mobile phones. Please bring in all the old phones you no longer use. Ask at work, ask friends. The more we collect the better.
Did you know ...
On average UK mobile users change their phone every 18 months
In the next year over 100 million phones will be thrown away in Europe
Electronics can be recycled to recover gold and other precious metals
By recycling mobile phones we reduce the toxic waste dumped into landfill sites including cadmium, lead, zinc and mercury
Recycling reduces landfill
www.fones4schools.co.uk
Printer cartridges - We are recycling:
All Hewlett Packard inkjet cartridges
All Lexmark inkjet cartridges
Canon BC-01, BC-02, BC-05, BC-20, BC-23, BX-2 & BX-3
Water Efficiency
We are installing Water Hippos in the cisterns of all the school's toilets. You can request three free water saving devices per household. For a form look on:
www.dwrcymru.com/english/waterefficiency/index.asp
and click on the link for Hippo bags.