Zero Waste Challenge

Zero Waste Champions

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Recycling a single aluminium can saves enough energy to run a T.V. for 3 hours!

Join us! Support our mission to reduce waste sent to landfill.

Reduce your waste by taking our Zero Waste Challenge, and encourage other people in your community to do the same, and you could win up to £150 worth of prizes!

EMERGE guarantees:

• Comprehensive training so you will know how to reduce your waste and have the confidence to pass on your experience to others
• Support as you plan events and gain pledges.

Not only will you receive a certificate for volunteering with EMERGE but you will also:

•  Gain new knowledge and skills
• Have valuable experience to enhance your CV
• Meet new people and have fun – all whilst doing your bit to save the environment!

Interested? Then come along to our Zero Waste Induction Session on Tuesday 15^th November 2011, 2 pm – 3.30 pm or 7 – 8.30pm at Brazennose House West, Brazennose Street, Manchester, M2 5AS. If you belong to a community group, contact us to book a session on your premises. You will find out:

• Why it is important to reduce waste sent to landfill/incineration
• How to complete the Zero Waste Challenge and Slim your Bin
• How you can volunteer to encourage people in your community to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
• How you can win up to £150 in prizes!

For more information, or to book your place, call 0161 223 8200, or email us at volunteering@emergemanchester.co.uk

EMERGE WANTS YOU! Become a Zero Waste Champion today!

EMERGE’S Zero Waste Challenge is up and running, so it’s time to join in!

It’s been an exciting few weeks here at EMERGE and today’s no exception, so let’s get cracking and have a chat about our Zero Waste Challenge Project.
Now, any of you fine folk that are following us on Twitter will have hopefully seen a few posts by yours truly about Nigel- one of our Champions – who is keeping a daily blog about his progress. It’s a cracking read and highly recommended! Nigel is just one of the many people we have taken up the challenge of reducing the amount of rubbish you thrown away to as close to zero as possible in one month.

The average person in the UK throws away seven times their own body weight per year.

It’s a shocking fact, isn’t it? Just think about all that rubbish – where does it go? Well, the simple answer is landfill, and I think we can all agree that’s not an acceptable solution.

By reducing waste we;

• conserve resources
• combat climate change
• reduce land, water and air pollution
• save money

The best bit is that it’s something that you (yes, you) can do something about. Making a positive difference to the environment can be as easy as not buying yoghurt and eating fruit, it could be re-using old containers and not throwing them out. Zero Waste sounds a bit daunting, but it is by no means not attainable.

Manchester is such a wonderful city and one that us at EMERGE love. We’re combining the 15 odd years of experience we have with reusing, recycling and reducing we have with the Zero Waste Project to make the city a sustainable and waste-free place to live.

Not only individuals can become involved: if you are a community group or a small business wanting to help reduce waste you can take up the challenge too!

Just one small thing like watching what you throw away could make a huge difference to the environment. So, are you up for the challenge?

TAKE THE ZERO WASTE CHALLENGE

EMERGE Alert!

Just a quick note to let you know that EMERGE is going to be promoting our Zero Waste campaign in the Arndale Centre as part of the centre’s ‘Think Green’ event. We will be around all day on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th in Exchange Court which is located near Next and Starbucks in the Manchester Arndale Centre.

Look forward to seeing you down there!

EMERGE Recycling

Zero Waste Week – Progress Update

Greetings,

Things are really taking off in our Zero Waste Week schools recycling programme, we have 13 schools signed up for the competition. We’re 4 weeks into the scheme now and we’re pleased to report that all of the schools involved are showing a marked reduction the the amount of waste produced. To see how the schools are getting on, take a look at our league table.

For more useful tips on how you can minimise your waste have a look at the Zero Waste Week pages on our website

Onwards & upwards!

EMERGE 3Rs

EMERGE Launches Zero Waste Week

Greetings,

EMERGE is proud to launch Zero Waste Week, a competition to get schools in Manchester to slim their bins. All Manchester schools are being invited to enter in an effort to reduce their waste and the carbon emissions associated with it.

Register for Zero Waste Week by 7th May for the chance to win prizes for pupils, classes and staff. Click here to register.

Zero Waste Week will take place 28th June – 2nd with a run up of six weeks. Each week tackling a different theme.

Each theme has top tips on reducing your waste and free KS2 and KS3 assembly and lesson resources to download.

10th – 14th May Week 6 – General Waste and Why Recycle
17th – 21st May Week 5 – Paper and Cardboard Waste
24th – 28th May Week 4 – Metal Waste
7th – 11th June Week 3 – Compost and Food Waste
14th – 18th June Week 2 – Home and Staff Waste
21st – 25th June Week 1 – Plastic Waste
28th June – 2nd July Zero Waste Week

All waste, including recycling, will be measured at the beginning of the six week countdown and again during Zero Waste Week. The aim is that each school reduces the amount of waste it is producing per person.

At the end, all participating schools will receive a certificate showing their reduction of waste and what this looks like terms of CO2 emissions.

“This challenge provides an exciting opportunity for all staff and pupils to show that even small changes can make a difference and that anyone, whether adult or child, can do their bit in tackling climate change by living more sustainably.”
Denise Lambert, Education and Community Involvement Manager, EMERGE.

There are various categories for the prizes, including, the least waste produced per head, the school which has reduced its waste the most, the individual pupil and member of staff who has most taken the challenge to heart.

EMERGE would like to extend a big thank you to The Bridgewater Hall, Challenge for Change, Viridor, Neptune Innovations and Bike Right, which have all contributed to the various prizes that will be available to the schools that take part.

Zero Waste Week has been created to compliment Manchester’s Climate Change Action Plan to highlight the connection between waste and carbon emissions. Slimming your bin means cutting your carbon.

EMERGE 3Rs