The scheme aims to make a big difference to reducing the amount of household batteries that are thrown away and end up in landfill through:
In addition to the usual household batteries such as AAA, watch batteries, laptop and power tool batteries can all be recycled.
Schools have each received three reusable cardboard boxes to store their collected batteries and these will be collected up to three times a year, in December and next year, in March and June.
Batteries from each school will be weighed when they are collected and Valpak have kindly donated prizes for the top performing schools. The schools who collect the most batteries for recycling will win prizes (prizes still to be confirmed), so get collecting those used household batteries!
Thank you in advance for recycling your used batteries. Should you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me or a member of staff at the school.
Yours faithfully
P George
Paula George
Projects and Campaigns Team Leader, Strategic Waste Management
