The Wastebuster project has been designed to fit into the DCSF’s Sustainable Schools strategy and the key priorities of Eco-Schools under three of the nine Eco-Schools themes: Waste, Litter and Global Perspectives. The programme can be used as an effective support and guide for schools working towards their Bronze, Silver or Green Flag award. See the Wastebuster project in action in schools working towards their Eco-Schools awards!

Bronze

Children at Pilgrims Way Primary school took part in the Wastebuster Challenge and conducted an audit of their school lunches, as they worked towards their Bronze Flag award. This gave them an opportunity to assess their environmental performance and put together an action plan that they could share with the whole school community.

Silver

Auriol Primary School had an exciting day watching the Wastebuster feature film and creating their own stop-frame animation on recycling, as they worked towards their Silver Eco-Schools award.

Green Flag

As they worked with Wastebuster towards their Eco-Schools Green flag award, the children at St Edmunds Catholic Primary School learnt how products are recycled, how to make positive changes both locally and globally, how to debate environmental issues effectively and why composting food waste is such a great thing to do.

Their head teacher Mrs Bullen said, “To be asked to be part of this venture was a fantastic opportunity for the children. It enabled us to bring the eco schools agenda right into the classroom and to become part of the curriculum in a meaningful and purposeful way for the children”

Wastebuster also fits into the DCSF’s Sustainable Schools strategy under three of the nine Eco-Schools themes: Waste, Litter and Global Perspectives.

The table below demonstrates how these themes address significant elements of the eight doorways to becoming a Sustainable School, and which questions of the ‘s3’ tool* are similarly linked:

Waste Minimisation	Contributes to	Purchasing & Waste Inclusion & Participation	1.1–6.1, F5, F8
Litter	Contributes to	Purchasing & Waste Inclusion & Participation Local Well-Being	1.1–6.1, F5, F8, F9
Global Perspective	Contributes to	Global Dimension Inclusion & Participation	1.1-6.1, F8, F10

* The ‘s3’ sustainable school self-evaluation tool, developed by the DCSF, is based on the Self-Evaluation Form (SEF) required for your school by Ofsted.

Schools on the Wastebuster programme will receive the full Wastebuster Eco-Schools Accreditation Guide for how to use the Wastebuster programme to work towards your Eco-Schools Bronze, Silver and Green Flag awards.

Eco-Schools www.eco-schools.org.uk