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How to recycle at school

​​​How we manage waste and what we recycle

Our general waste is sent to Energy Recovery Facility at La Collette, where it’s incinerated and energy is produced. 

None of our waste is landfilled. 

What we recycle

At the household and school level you can recycle:

  • plastic bottles: shipped to the UK for processing into recycled plastic
  • paper and card: recycled in the UK to make new paper products
  • glass: recycled in Jersey and in the UK
  • metals: sent to the UK to be melted and repurposed into new metal goods

Kerbside recycling and waste collection are managed by each parish. 

Schools are classified as households, so they receive the same waste collection services as local homes. 

A to Z Recycling Finder

Parish recycling collection and facilities​

Ways to reduce, recycle and reuse

Reduce your paper use

Keep a scrap paper tray in each classroom and make sure both sides of the paper are used.

Recycle high grade paper

High grade paper is collected free of charge from schools by Abbey Waste.

Switch to recycled paper

Although recycled paper is slightly more expensive, by reducing your paper use in general then it may actually cost the same.

​​Reduce your use of single use plastic

Encourage staff and students to bring in refillable bottles instead of using: 

  • ​disposable plastic cups
  • plastic bottles

Compost food waste

Your school can produce free quality compost from fruit waste, tea bags and other organic waste. You can contact the recycling team for more information on setting up a school composting scheme.

Switch to rechargeable batteries

For every 10 charges, you have saved buying and throwing away 9 batteries. 

Replace batteries in remote controls and other devices with rechargeable ones.

Recycle batteries

All schools have been provided with battery collection points. 

Make sure everyone is aware of them and has easy access to the battery recycling tube. You can make sure it's used by encouraging students to bring in their used batteries from home.

Set up a student Eco-Team

Students can help to raise awareness and monitor waste and recycling throughout the school. Eco teams can also help to monitor litter and promote waste-reduction activities like waste free lunches.

Find out more information and free resources for eco-teams on Green Schools Project​.

Conduct a waste audit

It's difficult to make measured improvements without knowing how much rubbish the school produces. A waste audit will show you areas where improvements can be made.

A waste audit allows you to set clear goals for your school, such as aiming to reduce paper use by 10%, or reducing the amount of hand towels bought by 20%.

Think big

Thinking about waste and recycling is great, but also think about ways to: 

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