The Grange Community Infant School in New Haw has been awarded £1,000 as part of the Surrey Environment Partnership's Rethink Waste scheme.
The school plans to use the funds to create a sensory garden, enhancing outdoor learning and providing a calming space for pupils.
The Rethink Waste scheme, delivered by Surrey Environment Partnership (SEP) in collaboration with Greenredeem, encourages residents to take part in waste-reduction activities through quizzes, videos, and pledges offering them tips and tools to help them cut down on waste. By completing these activities, participants earn points that can be donated to local schools and charities.
As the school that received the most donated points in the latest phase of the programme, The Grange Community Infant School won a cash prize towards their environmental improvement project.
The school held a special celebratory assembly attended by the Deputy Mayor of Runnymede, SEP, and Greenredeem. During the event, The Grange was presented with a cheque, and as a thank you, the children sang a song.
Currently, over 12,000 households in Surrey have joined the scheme, completing more than 190,000 activities and making over 18,000 donations to charities and schools. Since the initiative's launch, Surrey schools have collectively received £18,500 to invest in environmental improvements.
Councillor Don Whyte, Chair of the Environment and Sustainability Committee, praised the scheme, stating:
"It’s fantastic to see environmental awareness growing among young children and their families, thanks to local schools who have joined this scheme. Our membership of the SEP demonstrates that we’re taking innovative steps to help and encourage people in Runnymede to do the right thing for our environment."
Runnymede Borough Council is a key partner in the Surrey Environment Partnership’s Rethink Waste scheme which is designed to promote correct recycling of dry and food waste.
We’re encouraging everyone, when you’re putting out your waste and recycling, remember, every cook needs a caddy! Food waste goes into a bag in your green caddy and then the caddy can go on to the street every week on your bin collection day. It’s important not to put food waste in your blue lid recycling bin. If you do, it could mean the whole bin’s contents can’t be recycled.
Residents can help their local school win funding by signing up to Rethink Waste. Interested primary schools can apply to take part by emailing school.donations@greenredeem.co.uk
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