Www.worcestershire.gov.uk FINSTALL CENTRE Working towards the Eco Centre Award Sustainability Champions Conference – 26 th November 2010.

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FINSTALL CENTRE

Working towards the Eco Centre Award

Sustainability Champions Conference – 26th November 2010


2006 Green Flag Award

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• Started in 2005

• Staff were ready

• Keen to improve

• Key areas we focussed on


Regular items we recycle are:

• Printer cartridges• Paper• Cardboard• Fluorescent tubes• CDs/DVD, bottle tops, wine corks (from home)• Stationery items

• comb and slide binders• pens and pencils• ring binders, folders, lever arch, plastic wallets

• A5 envelopes• Stamps• Food waste• Tea bags and coffee grounds • Polystyrene trays, tins, jars, kitchen plastics



Stacking trays in a convenient place makes it easy for staff to store and re-use recyclable items.


These green bins store some recyclable items from home.


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We had a tidy up and found that we had a surplus of binders.

We are offering these free to schools.



Our information touch screen includes information on our eco progress.

As you can see we have made good use of every little nook and cranny.


Our display boards show a variety of interesting eco information – we keep changing the information to act as constant reminders to staff and visitors.


Energy data was taken from West Mercia’s energy website.

Graphs were created to show comparisons dating back to 2005-06.


Encourage staff to improve their environmental management at home.

Recycling and things that work well


We have an eco notice board that displays:

• Environmental Review

• Eco Action Plan• Our Eco Policy• Eco Minutes

Recycling and things that work well


We now email telephone messages to colleagues rather than write on a message pad.


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• We serve FairTrade products

• We buy from local suppliers

• Water cooler is plumbed into the mains water supply

• We plan to have our own herb garden soon

• NEW! Coffee stations and equipment are shut down and switched off at the end of training

• NEW! Our aim is to switch off the catering refrigerator during school holidays

Good practice in the kitchen/refreshment area



Money raised goes to a charity.


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We hung sunflower heads in the rear car park to feed the birds during the winter.

Outdoor environment that worked well

We had a sunflower competition to involve the family / home


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Fundraising events were:• Book Loan• Raffles • Jeans for Genes Day• FairTrade coffee mornings• St George’s, St David’s, St

Andrew’s and St Patrick’s Day coffee mornings

• Cake stall days• Children in Need week• Christmas card donations

instead of sending cards

Since 2006 we have raised £891.56 from all sorts of fund raising events.

We have donated to:• Breast Cancer Care• ActionAid coffee break• Jeans for Genes Appeal• Cancer Research UK• Children in Need• Macmillan Cancer Support• Poppy Appeal



Summary

• We are serious about saving energy and CO2 emissions

• We have targets to meet

• We recycle or reuse as much as we can

• We have new systems / new ways of doing things

• Share information and ideas

• Get others involved

• Posters, notices, newsletters, displays work really well


Sharing information and ideas

Any questions?

We will be happy to pass on any information or examples of newsletters/posters etc to anyone who is interested.

Please email Barbara [email protected]

OrYou can download from the Finstall Centre’s webpage

on the Edulink website www.edulink.networcs.net


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Www.worcestershire.gov.uk FINSTALL CENTRE Working towards the Eco Centre Award Sustainability Champions Conference – 26 th November 2010.

Documents

family home slide

slide binders pens

eco progress

eco notice board

home stationery items

st patricks day coffee

st georges

st andrews