What we’re doing to manage waste sustainability by reducing, reusing, recycling and recovering waste to improve resource efficiency whilst working towards a circular economy including reviewing and reducing residual waste.
Meet our Clean Green Waste Team:
Here is our Waste action plan for this session:
Our 2025/26 progress:
Junior Jannies
This session our Junior Jannies have independently completed this weekly recycling task, ensuring their visit each room in the school as our offices and staff room space have recycling bins as well as our classrooms.
EAC recycling bins
We have sent email correspondence to note our request for the East Ayrshire recycling bins when they are replaced. We have not yet received these, but Julie Haig has noted our request to take on 9 of them, one for each of our classrooms.
Pre-ordering lunches
We promoted the use of ParentPay to pre-order lunches at our Parents Evenings this session. This was further promoted on our coms prior to school trips to prevent food waste if a child was taking their own packed lunch.
Food waste in the dinner hall
Children are confident at recycling their food waste appropriately in the dinner hall. They are more knowledgeable about what can and can’t be recycled.
Food waste at home
We have gathered information through a Form about how many of our families recycle our food waste. We have a list of caddies to share at Get Together and a list of families to direct to the council to request a food caddy.
What happens next with our food waste?
Our Clean Green Waste Team have shared information at Get Together about what is done with recycled food waste. This has had a positive impact on ensuring the correct items are being recycled too.
New Cumnock Food Larder
Working closely with our local Food Larder, we promote their Food Share service to support our vulnerable families within our local community. Our Harvest food collection was raised and donated to our local Food Larder.
Pre-loved clothing
Our recycled uniform bank remains all year round in our reception area. This is further promoted at Parents Evenings twice annually when seasonal items such as Halloween costumes, Christmas party outfits, summer outfits are requested and shared too.
Trotters Building partnership
The Trotters Building is now open and connections have been made to enable us to promote their services once they are operational.
Next Steps:
- Source EAC recycling bins to put one in every classroom, thus ensuring the same good practice is carried out at home as chidlren will feel sense of ownership and understanding about recycling.
- Generate competition in who has the least food waste by stage.
- Share findings from our food waste Form and identify families who require support to recycle their food waste appropriately at home.
- Establish partnership with Trotters building and its services once they are operational.
