Recycling in schools

We invite all Cheshire East schools to join the Junior Recycling Officers scheme and the Secondary Recycling Challenge. Each year, schools can nominate up to 4 pupils from Years 4 to 6 (ideally Year 5) to become Junior Recycling Officers. These pupils will share the message ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ with their school, friends, and family. 

The Community Engagement Officer leads assemblies and runs recycling workshops. Pupils can present assemblies, organise competitions, and set up recycling schemes and collections. We provide supporting materials throughout the year, including newsletters, posters, and competition ideas like creating recycled robots, recipes from leftover food, and poster designs promoting recycling.

Both schemes are open to special schools. Contact us for more information about our activities or for support with your own initiatives.

Eco-Friendly Christmas Competition

Calling all children aged 5 to 11!

Can you help Whizzy have a green Christmas?

Choose one of these fun challenges:

• build a robot buddy using festive recycling
• write a short story about Whizzy’s eco-friendly Christmas
• draw a picture of a Christmas with no waste
• make a video showing how to celebrate in a planet-friendly way
• bonus points if your idea helps reduce festive food waste!

Get a grown-up to send your entry to: TeamRecycling@cheshireeast.gov.uk

Include your name, age and school.

Closing date: 31 January 2026. 

Junior Recycling Officers resources

For helpful tools and guidance, see the Junior Recycling Officer resource page. 

Contact Team Recycling

Email: TeamRecycling@cheshireeast.gov.uk