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Junior Recycling Officer resources

If your school would like to take part in the JRO Programme contact TeamRecycling@cheshireeast.gov.uk.


Dennis to the rescue

You may wish to make use of the range of waste reduction videos on Cheshire East Recycling Service - YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@CheshireEastRecyclingService

  • Great ideas from Junior Recycling Officers (PDF, 116KB)

Where our recycling goes

What happens to your recycling and rubbish

The story of the little red chair

You can use the little red chair video to teach your school about recycling. The Junior Recycling Officers can read from the little red chair script (PDF, 145KB) while showing the video.

Assemblies

Junior Recycling Officers helped us create an assembly about recycling. You can write your own script and change it to suit your school.

  • Recycling Assembly (MS Powerpoint, 10MB)

Recycled crafts

Find out how to make gift boxes, wallets and bracelets from recycled materials using the instructions below.

  • Greeting card box (PDF, 172KB)
  • Juice carton wallets (PDF, 288KB)
  • Button bracelet guide (PDF, 137 KB)

Colouring-in posters

You could use these posters to run a colouring competition in your school.

  • Cans colouring poster (PDF, 963KB)
  • Newspaper colouring poster (PDF, 488KB)

Love Food Hate Waste

7 million tonnes of food is thrown away every year. You could print off these posters and display them in your school.

  • Broccoli lovers poster (PDF, 377KB)
  • Lamb lovers poster (PDF, 1MB)
  • Pasta lovers poster PDF (PDF, 1MB)
  • Apple lovers poster (PDF, 64KB)
  • Potato lovers poster (PDF, 63KB)
  • Food waste cards (PDF, 5MB)

Contact Waste and Recycling

Waste and Recycling - Cheshire East Council Contact us about waste and recycling

Call our Waste and Recycling Customer Service Team on 0300 123 5011 during office hours, 8.30am to 5pm Monday to Friday, if you're unable to use our form.

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