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Aluminium Packaging Recycling Association (ALUPRO)
Information Office, 1 Bank Square, Bidford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, B50 4NL. Tel: 01789 490609
Email: recycling@alufoil.co.uk / recycling@alucan.org.uk Websites: http://www.alucan.org.uk and http://www.alufoil.co.uk
Information pack for key stages 1 & 2 "The Material World", including posters. Free Foil Recycling Route poster. Free information packs available.
BBC Educational Publishing
P.O. Box 234, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7EU Tel: 01937 541001
A range of resource packs, audio/audio visuals, teachers notes and books available.
Biblos Publishing
Tel: 01223 354551
"Finding Out" series for Key Stage 4 Science. "About Packaging" (1993) £4.45 each incl p&p, or £1.50 each for orders of 10 or more. "About Managing Waste" (1990) £4.99 each, or £2.25 each for orders of 10 or more. Also publications on conservation and development, urban environment etc.
Brumcan Recycling Ltd
Unit 8, Sapcote Business Centre, Small Heath Highway, Birmingham B10 0HR
Tel: 0121 771 1010 Contact: Mike Williams
Education pack "Brumcan-Pack" containing information and activities on aluminium can recycling for primary schools. £7.50 each plus postage and packing.
British Glass Manufacturers Confederation
Northumberland Road, Sheffield S10 2UA
Tel: 0114 268 6201 Contact: Lucy Bower
Fax: 0114 268 1073
Website: http://www.britglass.co.uk
Range of information including a leaflet on the environmental benefits of recycling, statistics on tonnages of glass recycled and number of bottle bank sites, a 10 point glass recycling code and the glass recycling process. Leaflet on European glass recycling. Video on glass recycling can be hired free of charge. Badges and balloons supplied free of charge.
Channel 4 Schools
PO Box 100, Warwick CV34 6TZ
Tel. 01926 436444
Website: http://learning.channel4.com
Free Annual Programme Brochure available from above address. Environmental programmes include pl@net.com - aimed at 9-13 year olds and conveying the message 'Think Global, Act Local', and Science in Focus: Materials 2 - aimed at 14-16 year olds, and including the programme, 'The Science of Recycling'. Teachers' Guides, Net Notes and Videos available.
Concord Video & Film Council
201 Felixstowe Road, Ipswich IP3 9BJ Tel: 01473 726012 Fax: 01473 274531
Videos for hire, "Recycling Waste into Wealth" and "Alice in Wasteland", aimed at secondary level. Also, on waste to energy, in the "Eco" series, "Fires, Pellets and Munching Microbes".
Council for Environmental Education
94 London Street, Reading RG1 4SJ Tel: 0118 950 2550 Fax: 0118 959 1955
Email: info@cee.i-way.co.uk
Database listing books, packs, posters, wallcharts, and software available from other organisations. Also information on environmental education in general, teachers resources, and funding for environmental education. Free newsletter for schools once a term on education for sustainable development, resources and information.
The Directory Recycling Project
Resource Base, Television Centre, Southampton SO14 0PZ
Tel: 0800 783 1592
Email: directory.recycling@btinternet.com
Active Recycling Information Pack including video, booklet and wallchart. Aimed at pupils aged 7-11 and free to schools.
Department of Trade and Industry
Freephone Environmental Enquiry Point: 0800 585794
Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens
The Green House, Hereford St, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 4NA
Tel: 0117 923 1800 Fax: 0117 923 1900
Produce "The Compost Box", a schools starter compost education pack for Key Stage 1-3. Includes teachers notes, curriculum links, exercises and other resource materials (£7.50 inc. p&p).
Focal-point Audio-Visual Ltd
251 Copnor Road, Portsmouth, Hants PO3 5EE
Tel: 023 9266 5249 Fax: 023 9669 5723
Slide Set: Waste Not, Want Not. 30 Slides with teachers' notes £21.00. Also set of 40 slides on Disposal of Domestic Waste £24.00, 30 slides on Disposal of Industrial Waste £21.00 and 40 slides on Protecting our Waters, Sewage Treatment and Disposal, £24.00.
Friends of the Earth
26-28 Underwood Street, London N1 7JQ Tel: 020 7490 1555
Wide range of leaflets, booklets and reports including a teachers and youth group leaders pack. Contact for pubs list and further information.
Groundwork UK
85-87 Cornwall Street, Birmingham B3 3BY
Tel: 0121 236 8565 Fax: 0121 236 7356
Email: info@ollierecycles.com Website: http://www.ollierecycles.com
'Ollie Recycles' CD-ROM and Internet Programme. Uses the adventures of Ollie and his friends to encourage pupils to think about ways they can reduce, re-use and recycle waste material from school and home. The Ollie Recycles CD ROM has been adapted to meet the requirements of the primary curriculum by offering a range of teaching and learning opportunities that support the curriculum at key stage 2. All 25,000 primary schools in the UK are being offered a free copy of the CD-ROM, which can be ordered via the website http://www.ollierecycles.com.
Greenwatch Ltd
6 Addison Avenue, London W11 4QR Tel: 0171 603 6731
Recycling activity pack, "Ecoschool 3" 8-13 year olds. (£39.99).
INCPEN
Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment, Tenterden House, 3 Tenterden Street, London W1R 9AH Tel: 0171 409 0949
Wide range of factsheets and leaflets, some free of charge, on packaging and the environment. These include "Finding out" Series for Key Stage 4 Science. "About Packaging" (1993) and "About Managing Waste" (1990). "The Packaging Pack" for primary schools, £4.95. Key Stage 3 pack" Products and Packages"
International Centre for Conservation Education
(Dept PM1A), Greenfield House, Guiting Power, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL54 5TZ
Pack containing slides, notes, photo cards and worksheets, for Key Stages 1 and 2 on "It's Your World - Don't Waste It!" (£21.09). Covers issues surrounding waste, and its effects on land, water and air. Also produce a list of environmental education resources - the ICCE Green Letter -including Greening Your School, World Wide Waste and the Save the Planet Pack.
Learning through Landscapes
Biblios PDS Ltd, Star Road, Partridge Green, West Sussex RH13 8LD
Tel: 01403 710851 Fax: 01403 711143
"Greener School Grounds: Helping schools to create sustainable external educational environments" (£6.95) by Alan Marshall. Bulk orders tel: 01962 846258.
Leeds Animation Workshop
45 Bayswater Row, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS7 5LF.
Tel: 0113 248 4997 Fax: 0113 248 4997
12 minute video animiations for all ages (approx. 9 - adult) with background notes available for hire or sale. "Alice in Wasteland" - cartoon Alice wonders where things go when they are thrown away, discovers landfill sites, pollution, and a range of environmental problems. Also "Waste Watchers" - a humourous cartoon outlining simple measures to reduce energy consumption and why it is impotant.
LINPAC Plastics Ltd
A1 Business Park, Knottingley, West Yorkshire WF11 0BL
Tel: 01977 671111 Contact: Helen Blackburn
Videos for Secondary Schools, "Polystyrene and the Environment" and "Plastics Packaging - Safeguard our Health and Environment". Literature also available.
Oxfam Development Team
274 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7DZ Tel: 01865 313600
Resources covering sustainable development overseas, including sections on waste and recycling. Also "The Atlas of Planet Management". Contact for catalogue.
Pictorial Charts Education Trust
27 Kirchen Road, London W13 0UD Tel: 0181 567 9206
Range of charts including "Recycling" - £8.99 inc. VAT per chart. Four chart set entitled " Materials" including 12 activity sheets about wood, metal, glass and paper including environmental issues. £9.99 inc. VAT.
Pulp and Paper Information Centre
Papermakers House, Rivenhall Road, Westlea, Swindon, Wiltshire SN5 7BE
Tel: 01793 889615
Contact: Information Co-ordinator
Email: ppic@paper.org.uk
Website: http://www.ppic.org.uk
Free information available including primary schools pack. Secondary Schools Resource Pack available to purchase.
Recycling Advisory Group Scotland (RAGS)
5th Floor, Scott House, 10 South St Andrew Street, Edinburgh EH2 2AZ
Tel: 0131 524 7049 Fax: 0131 557 3787
"Sort it Out!"- a video-based 5-14 teaching resource on reducing waste in Scotland. The video (cast includes Grant Stott and Ian McCaskill) introduces the main concepts of waste minimisation - reducing, re-using and recycling - by following Kenneth McMaster and his younger sister Mirren, and looking at their different attitudes to waste. "Sort it Out!" was developed with widespread consultation and is the first video which uniquely focuses the issues related to waste and waste management into a Scottish dimension. The pack contains Video, Teachers Notes, Activity Cards and includes a synopsis of links to the 5-14 Curriculum Guidelines. Cost: £10.00 (inc. p&p). To order please write, phone or fax to the above address.
Steel Can Recycling Information Bureau
69 Monmouth St, London WC2H 9DG
Tel: 0321 472742
Website: http://www.scrib.org
Range of information available including a Teachers' Pack, a free (max 3 copies) booklet for older children: "Steel Cans and our Environment", telling the story of steel packaging. Also videos for primary and secondary schools available on loan. Run a children's' club "The Steel Can Crew".
Tidy Britain Group
Public Affairs Department, The Pier, Wigan, Lancashire, WN3 4EX
Tel: 01942 824620 Fax: 01942 824778 Contact: Communications Dept (for general information); Education Dept (for educational materials/information).
National Agency for litter abatement and improvement of the local environment. Publications, educational resources and Europe-wide information. Contact for details on "Eco-Schools" programme encouraging environmentally friendly school and curriculum management.
Waste Watch
Europa House, Ground Floor, 13-17 Ironmonger Row, London EC1V 3QG Tel: 0870 243 0136
Primary school teachers pack "The Dustbin Pack" - includes workcards, teachers' notes and posters. Secondary school teachers pack "Wise up to Waste". Each pack is free on receipt of a larger than A4 sae, with 5 first class stamps for Wise up to Waste and 7 first class stamps for the Dustbin Pack. Information sheets on a range of subjects including Aluminium cans, Plastics, Batteries, Compost, Steel Cans, Car recycling, Tyres, Glass, Paper, Textiles, History of Waste and Electronic Equipment, free on receipt of A4 sae. (Two stamps for more than three sheets please).
Watts Group
96 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4RH Tel: 0171 739 2929 Contact: Sales Dept.
Wide selection of key stage 2 & 3 books on waste and recycling.
WWF-UK
Panda House, Weyside Park, Catteshall Lane,Godalming, Surrey GU7 1XR
Tel: 01483 426444 Fax: 01483 412490
Website: http://www.wwf-uk.org
Education Distribution (Catalogue), c/o Richmond Publishing Co, PO Box 963, Slough SL2 3RS Tel: 01753 643104
Wide range of teaching materials including "Lets reach out: a survivors guide for co-ordinators of environmental education", by Ken Webster, £7.95 plus 15% p&p for each copy. Primary & secondary versions available.
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