Green points competition
Green Points Competition
The winning tutor group this year for the Green Points competition are 8BE with 144 points.
Green points can be earned by bringing in items for recycling, contributing to Eco Schools activities such as collecting the compost, attending grounds working parties and helping with the chickens. The points earned by the winning tutor groups in the other year groups are shown below :
Year |
Tutor Group |
Points |
7 |
7BN |
84 |
8 |
8BE |
144 |
9 |
9MW |
108 |
10 |
10WL |
60 |
At Hounsdown School we collect the following for recycling
Item |
Where it goes |
Why we collect |
Postage stamps |
Rose Road Association |
This raises money for Rose Road charity |
Bottle tops |
North Baddesley specialist recycling centre. |
Bottle tops are recycled into other items like road cones. This raises money for Rose road charity |
Mobile phones |
Sent to a company who send them to be reused in other countries. |
Raises money for the school’s Eco School projects. E.g buying seeds, tools etc |
Ink Cartridges |
Sent to a company for re-use |
Raises money for the school’s Eco School projects. |
Batteries |
Collected by company called e.r.p. |
To reduce damaging batteries going into landfill |
Paper |
Used in school or collected from School for recycling. |
Scrap paper is made into notebooks to be re-used and other paper is recycled into new paper |
Plastic Bottles |
Sorted and collected from school. |
Plastic bottles are recycled into all sorts of useful items such as the recycled benches we have in school. |
Vegetable food waste and chicken waste |
Traditional Garden Compost bins |
Used as compost on the Traditional Garden. |