Dinnae Forget Your Caddy

A message from our Eco Community Group.

Good morning Parents / Carers

Please find attached this document from East Ayrshire about ‘Dinnae forget your Caddy!’

It’s an eco initiative aimed at improving recycling rates. We have been asked to remind people about the initiative and encourage any interested families to sign up.

Thank you,

Mr C. McAughtrie and Eco Community Group

Galston Primary School

Dear parents/carers,

Did you know?

69% of our food waste here in East Ayrshire is being put in our household waste bin instead of our food recycling bin.

We are delighted to advise that your child’s school will be participating in East Ayrshire’s Food Recycling Initiative ‘Dinnae forget your Caddy!’ The aim of the programme is to raise awareness of the food items that can be recycled and encourage more families across our community to recycle their food waste at home between February and June 2026.

How it works

Participation in this programme will encourage all our young people and families to:

Learn about the importance of recycling our food waste (click here to find out more)
Learn how to recycle food waste here in East Ayrshire – (click here to find out more)

What we would like you do:

Choose a name for your family’s kerbside caddy. Write your chosen name on the lid/front of your kerbside caddy
Let us know the name of your caddy by registering it
Recycle your food waste at home, present your caddy for collection each week and enter your school recycling monthly prize draw – click here to find out when your caddy collection day is
Can you share your knowledge and encourage anyone else to recycle their food waste too and help to raise your Community Caddy Count?

*** To request a kitchen and/or kerbside caddy, please email waste@east-ayrshire.gov.uk ***

Below you can see the highest percentage of caddies that have been presented for collection in your area. This is your Week 1 Community Caddy Count.

We will begin monitoring the number of food caddies presented for collection from Monday 2nd February and continue this throughout term 3 and 4.

In mid- June we will again share the highest percentage of caddies that have been presented for collection in your area. This is your Week 15 Community Caddy Count.

Can you recycle your food waste each week and encourage others to do the same to help raise your Community Caddy Count?

We look forward to keeping you updated on our progress throughout the year and thank you in advance for supporting Dinnae forget your Caddy!