SILHILLIANS are being called on to donate recyclable plastics to Tanworth-in-Arden C of E Primary School to help them win new play equipment.
Pupils are in the running to win a playground with a frame made of 100 per cent recycled materials – including recycled plastic food storage containers and lids, as well as reusable plastic water bottles and caps – as part of a national recycling competition run by Sistema.
To be in with a chance of topping the table The Green school is calling on the community to help them in their efforts to win the playground, by bringing their used plastic food storage containers and lids, as well as reusable plastic water bottles and caps to the school’s collection box in the school’s car park, which is open to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
To participate in The Sistema Recycled Playground Contest, Primary Schools such as Tanworth-in-Arden C of E Primary School signed up to the Sistema Food Storage Container and Reusable Bottle Free Recycling Programme.
This is a free national recycling programme for all brands of used food storage containers and lids and plastic bottles and caps, which cannot be recycled through conventional kerbside recycling collections and would otherwise end up in landfill.
The school that collects the largest amount of used plastic food storage containers and lids, as well as reusable plastic water bottles and caps to send back to TerraCycle to be recycled, will win the top prize.
The recycled playground will comprise two slides, an approach ramp with rope and a large joining platform amongst other features.
Additionally, the winning and runner-up school will also both win a Sistema lunchbox and water bottle for each pupil.
The winners will be announced in January 2025.
Shelley Bamford, headteacher of Tanworth-in-Arden C of E Primary School said: “We’re thrilled to be participating in this great contest from Sistema and we are calling on all members of the Tanworth-in-Arden community to help us be in with a chance of winning a brand-new playground with a frame made from 100 per cent recycled waste.
“This really is a great initiative that will not only help our school but also our environment, whilst educating our pupils and the local community on the importance of recycling.”
For more on how to help the school click here.
