St. Wulstan’s year 5/6 class have been collecting clean soft plastics to take back to supermarkets. They pack the single use plastic packaging in bread bags to compress the plastic as much as possible which saves space when the plastic is transported to the recycling plant. Outdoor learning officer, Sonja Bottomer, has been working alongside the students and Bob Turner of the Laudato Si Movement to write campaign slogans on the bread bag blocks to encourage others to take action.
Last week eight students from the St. Wulstan’s eco-committee took these bread bags to Morrisons in great Harwood to be recycled. They stopped off at Turtle Bee zero waste shop in the high street to experience a plastic-free way to shop and helped refill a customer’s groceries!
Some of the bread bag blocks that the St Wulstan’s pupils have made, and instructions on how to make them, are currently being displayed at Turtle Bee to encourage recycling. Keep up the good work St Wulstan’s!
You can find your nearest soft plastic supermarket collection point here on the recycle Now website: https://www.recyclenow.com/recycle-an-item/plastic-bags-and-wrapping?postcode=BB6%207JQ#locator