The Waste Education Support Programme (WESP) is an ideal complement to the National Sustainable Schools Framework. It offers on-going support and practical curriculum-based activities to schools in and around London to help them reduce, reuse and recycle their waste.

Schools on the programme have achieved reductions in waste of between 20% and 75%. At the end of October 2007 there were more than 60 schools on the WESP programme, 51 primary schools and 16 secondaries. WESP can support class-work, clubs or initiatives such as Eco-Schools and Schools for Health

WESP activities have also been well received in nursery classes and playgroups, after school and holiday clubs and by other youth groups that are focusing on waste issues and the environment.

Eco Schools

Get your whole school community working together to improve the environment, encourage citizenship, promote healthy lifestyles, and much more besides.

The Eco Schools programme helps your school to improve the following:

• waste minimisation
• energy
• litter
• transport
• healthy living
• school grounds.

For more information, visit the Eco-Schools website

Schools ‘Green Audit’
Help your school calculate its impact on the environment with this ‘Green Online Audit’, which will give your schools pointers on how to reduce its costs.

An on-line questionnaire assesses your schools impact in six key areas:

• waste management
• air quality
• biodiversity
• energy
• water
• pupil activities.

The ‘Green Audit’ tool is accessed using your schools DfES number and has a secure link to a database of asset plan management information. (so you will have to complete this in school with the help of a teacher).

For more information, go to the Green school audit website