Tendring Primary School in Tendring has signed up to take part in a nationwide recycling contest run by Sistema®, experts in food storage and hydration, in partnership with recycling experts TerraCycle, to win a new playground with a frame made from 100% recycled materials including recycled plastic food storage containers and lids, as well as reusable plastic water bottles and caps.
The school is asking people in the Tendring 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. Used food storage containers and reusable plastic bottles from any brand are accepted. The school collection box, located at the school’s dedicated recycling hub, near the back gate, is open 24/7.
To participate in The Sistema® Recycled Playground Contest, Primary Schools such as Tendring Primary School in Tendring 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 reusable 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; a playground with a frame made from 100% recycled material. The recycled playground will comprise of 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.
Ellie Fraser from Tendring Primary School commented: “We’re thrilled to be participating in this great contest from Sistema and we are calling on all members of the Tendring community to help us be in with a chance of winning a brand-new playground with a frame made from 100% recycled waste. Simply bring any used food storage containers and lids, as well as reusable plastic water bottles and caps, to the drop-off location collection box situated at the school’s very own recycling hub, near the back gate, which is open 24/7. 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. We also collect on TerraCycle’s Philips Dental Care Free Recycling Programme, The Babybel® Free Recycling Programme and The Pringles® Tube Free Collection Programme, among others, so please feel free to also drop off these types of waste at our public access collection point too!”
Tendring Primary School will be able to monitor the amount of waste they have sent in for recycling and their efforts in the contest through a leaderboard on the Sistema® contest page on the TerraCycle website, which is updated on a monthly basis.
Pupils from Tendring Primary School with its Sistema® Food Storage Container and Reusable Bottle Free Recycling Programme collection box.
Members of the public can drop off used food storage containers and lids, as well as reusable plastic water bottles and caps and the other types of waste the school collects with TerraCycle to the public access collection box situated at the school’s very own recycling hub, near the back gate, which is open 24/7.
To find out more about the contest, or to view the full T&Cs, please visit the https://www.terracycle.com/en-GB/contests/the-sistema-recycled-playground-contest. Alternatively, to find out more about Sistema® please visit www.sistemaplastics.com/uk or for more information on TerraCycle and its free recycling programmes such as the one with Sistema®, please visit www.terracycle.com/en-GB/brigades/sistema-uk.
