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<\/strong>This year 554,255 pupils from 2,379 schools countrywide are registered to take part and with the support of We Are Futures, Duracell has developed free educational materials to help teachers facilitate lessons, shape assemblies and homework for the pupils around the issue of and science behind recycling. Duracell created a battery collection box that children can personalise to encourage the positive impact of recycling batteries and has provided schools with 5L and 30L recycling bins in which schools can deposit the hoards of used batteries<\/p>\nThe first results are in!<\/strong>Thanks to the recycling enthusiasm of Britain\u2019s school children the initiative has collected more than 2.3 million used batteries, that\u2019s an average of four batteries per pupil registered \u2013 and is on track to collect 278 tonnes of used batteries. That\u2019s the same weight as 56 elephants!<\/p>\n https:\/\/nationalschoolspartnership.com\/initiatives\/bigbatteryhunt\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our pupils went home with lovely new battery boxes today in which to collect used batteries to be returned to school and counted by the pupils in P6b.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because Drongan Primary is taking part in the Duracell Big Battery Hunt again this year. Taking the Duracell Big Battery Hunt nationwide.\u00a0This year 554,255 pupils from … Continue reading Duracell Big Battery Hunt<\/span>