Recycling and Waste Reduction Education Programme

Nottingham City Council offers a free Recycling and Waste Reduction Schools Programme to support schools in delivering high-quality sustainability education within a real, local context.

Delivered by a teacher-trained, DBS-checked Schools Engagement Officer, the programme helps pupils understand how waste and recycling works in Nottingham, while supporting curriculum delivery and whole-school priorities.

Download our programme brochures to learn more:

Primary Programme Brochure

Secondary Programme Brochure

What your school gets

A flexible, fully-funded offer designed to add value without increasing staff workload:

• Assemblies and workshops
  Engaging sessions linked to Geography, Science and PSHE
• Co-designed approach
  Content tailored and aligned to your school’s priorities
• Student leadership opportunities
  Eco council support and pupil-led sustainability initiatives
• Real-world links
  Insight into Nottingham’s waste systems, infrastructure and local environment
• Practical action
  Access to litter-picking equipment and community-focused activities

Your Schools Engagement Officer

The programme is delivered by James King, Schools Engagement Officer at Nottingham City Council, a qualified teacher (PGCE) with 7 years’ classroom experience and an enhanced DBS certificate.

James is delivering the programme to a wide range of primary and secondary settings across the city, working flexibly with schools to tailor support to their priorities, and helping staff deliver high-quality sustainability education without adding to teacher workload.

Combining his professional knowledge of delivering engaging, curriculum-relevant learning in schools with knowledge of Nottingham’s waste and recycling systems, James ensures sessions are practical, relevant and easy to integrate within your school’s provision and objectives.

Testimonials

'James is absolutely brilliant at engaging our students across every year group. He has presented to each year group at BAA (around 800 pupils) and engaged them with really up to date statistics about our area specifically; this has helped students to contextualise such a large issue. James also worked with a group of Eco Committee students to complete a litter pick along Aspley Lane, during this it was lovely to hear students chatting with him and asking him questions about his career. We are looking forward to working with James again in the future'.

Miss Underwood, Teacher and Sustainability Lead, Bluecoat Aspley Academy

'It was really amazing to see the consequences of our actions, it was nice to see the result of our clean up'

Student and Eco Committee member, Bluecoat Aspley Academy