Household Waste in Devon8 District Councils – collections/local adviceDevon County Council

• Responsible for Waste Local Plan & Disposal • landfill sites & Energy from Waste facilities• In-vessel composters• Recycling centres• Joint contracts

• 2014-15 recycled and composted 55.4% • Fourth best county in England and Wales• Devon targets – 65% by 2025/26

2 Unitary Councils – Plymouth & Torbay

DCC - Energy from Waste (EfW)2 new facilities:Exeter (July 2014) - Exeter, East Devon, north Teignbridge and part of Mid Devon

Plymouth (Dec 2015) - Plymouth, Torbay, South Hams, West Devon and south Teignbridge

DCC – Waste Management facility visitsExperience the sights, sounds and smells of waste!

• Recycling centre / landfill site• Energy from Waste facility

DCC – Waste Educators

Resource Futures4 year contract

Devon Community Composting Network (DCCN)

Funded by DAWRRC (Devon Authorities Waste Reduction and Recycling Committee )Community composting scheme / School advisors

Devon School Sustainability ‘Bulletin’

• Half termly email• Resources, Events, Schemes, Funding• Subscribe at http://eepurl.com/oawsf

DCC – ‘Cutting your Wasteline’ School GrantUp to £1,500 to help schools reduce their black bag waste; depending on school size.

• To set up practical recycling and composting systems in your school• Towards transport costs for visiting waste and recycling facilities • Expenses towards a ‘skills share’ visit to a local school• Travel costs for a visit to a Recycling Centre / Energy from Waste plant

2 rounds of funding per year

Next deadline:22nd April for composting equipment / 20th May for application forms

WARPit• Online resource exchange facility for Devon

schools and DCC buildings• Free to join, free to use• Saves money and resources• www.warp-it.co.uk/devoncc

DCC – Waste Education Website

zone.recycledevon.org• Devon based waste, recycling and composting

website• Great teaching resources • Videos, games, image gallery

DCC – Teaching Resource Packs

• contains a curriculum-linked KS2 lesson plan and an Eco Team activity for each school month

• has a wealth of supporting documents to bring composting to life for adults and pupils

Can be downloaded free from the website

Compost Curriculum Handbook

DCC – Teaching Resource Packs

Science/Geography - Material World: year 5/6

Literacy - What about waste? - year 3/4 and year 5/6

Heidi DiepoldWaste Education OfficerDevon County Councilheidi.diepold@devon.gov.uk01392 382920