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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
• 2013-14 recycled and composted 54.8% • Third best county in England and Wales• Devon targets – 60% by 2014/15 & 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 Futures
4 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 £2,250 to help schools reduce their black bag waste; depending on school size.
• To set up practical recycling and composting systems in your school• To help educate pupils about recycling and composting • Towards transport costs for visiting waste and recycling facilities • Expenses towards a ‘skills share’ visit to a local school
2 rounds of funding per year
Next deadlines:9th Oct for composting equipment / 6th Nov 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
Science/Geography - Material World: year 5/6
Literacy - What about waste? - year 3/4 and year 5/6
Heidi Diepold
Waste Education Officer
Devon County Council
heidi.diepold@devon.gov.uk
01392 382920
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