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Camelsdale First School
Parent/Carers Eco Code
As we are always trying to be more eco friendly, we hope you would
like to try to be too.
Here are some ideas which our parents have suggested you can try:
WASTE EFFICIENCY
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Work towards recycling as much as possible e.g. Have 2
bins in the house – 1 for household waste and 1 for recyclables
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Receive school letters via e-mail
v Use a composter in the
garden
DID YOU KNOW??
Recycling just one aluminium can could save enough energy to run a
TV for 3
Hours – that’s 3 episodes of lost, 6 episodes of Simpsons or 6 reruns
of Friends !
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Re-use paper, envelopes, ribbon, bags etc – wear them out
before you throw them out!
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Think about your food miles and buy seasonal produce grown
locally
FOOD 4 THOUGHT – Next time you crunch on a
bean from Kenya or a strawberry from California, think about the
aircraft carrying the food. In the 1st two minutes of
its journey it has used the same amount of fuel as 21,532 cars driving
one mile!
v Buy loose fruit and veg rather than pre-packed
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Stop junk mail – contact the Mailing Preference Service
on 0207 291 3310 or visit
www.mpsonline.org.uk and remove your name from mailing lists.
20% of
household waste is paper, 2.5 million tonnes ends up in landfill!!!
ENERGY
EFFICIENCY
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Switch off lights – especially if sunny
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Use energy efficient light bulbs
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Turn your thermostat down by 1’C
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put on a jumper
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get a cuddle!
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Do FULL loads in your washing machine and dishwasher
(you’ll save water too!)
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Leave the car at home and walk OR get a friend to share
journeys
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Check tyre pressure – it can save £s on fuel consumption
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Don’t
leave TVs. Videos etc on standby
Standby lights on electrical goods use an av. 10% of the total
electricity used each
year!
You could save £40 a
year
turning those lights off!
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Close doors and windows when the heating is on - use draught
excluders - pull curtains
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Don’t fill the kettle up if you don’t need to- it wastes water
- uses extra
electricity to heat all the water up
- and if we all did it
, we would apparently save enough electricity to run all the country’s
street lighting
AN AVERAGE FAMILY PRODUCES APPROX. 25 TONS OF CARBON EACH YEAR!
LITTER
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Never litter
- If you can’t find a
bin why not take it home and recycle it
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When you walk the dog, always take a bag to pick up any
mess
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Have a bag in the car for any rubbish – don’t use the
window
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Dispose of chewing gum properly
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If you see rubbish on the street phone your local
council and they’re obliged to come and clean it up
- Find the number on
www.tagish.co.uk/links/
- The streets look nicer and you get something back for your council
tax!
In the
U.K. we spend £150 million each year on cleaning chewing gum off the
streets.
What would we do with that money?... Build 3 hospitals…Employ 8,500
teachers!!
HEALTHY LIFESTYLES
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Try to walk more and drive less
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Try cooking from scratch more and get the family
involved in the preparation of food
- It’s fun
- Gets everyone
talking
- Gives children
responsibility and greater interest in good food
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Always try to have breakfast – it gets your brain going
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Enjoy our beautiful countryside via bikes, feet,
rollerblades
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Try and buy locally grown produce or have a go at
growing your own
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Shop locally
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You can walk
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Use less fuel
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Supports local businesses
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Drink plenty of water
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Eat plenty of fruit and veggies
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SMILE! J
- It takes half as
many muscles to smile as it does to frown
- It will give you
less wrinkles, makes you and others feel good and everyone will
wonder what you have
been up to!
Exercise
releases chemicals that make you feel happy. We know chocolate does
too, but it’s not as good for you!
J
WATER EFFICIENCY
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Turn the tap off when brushing teeth and rinse using
water in a cup
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Get a water butt for watering the garden
- Rain water can also
make your hair shiny!
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Try and have showers instead of baths
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Report leaks to the waterboard
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Flush less
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Use a hippo bag in your toilet (available from your
water authority)
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Use a bowl in the sink to wash up – it uses less
water…then why not water your plants with it
“BE
THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD” Mahatma Gandhi
GARDENS AND GROUNDS
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Use a compost bin to recycle food waste
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Try a wormery to recycle food and create your own
fertilizer and compost
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Encourage your children to grow some flowers and or
veggies
-Its fun, relaxing and rewarding
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Encourage wildlife into your
garden with a:
-ladybird
house
-hedgehog
house
-bird
boxes/tables
-a ‘wild patch’ for bugs and
butterflies
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Use eco friendly and bird friendly compost, sprays and
pellets
TRANSPORT
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Consider a holiday in the U.K. and save on air miles!
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Try and leave the car at home occasionally and walk or
take public transport
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Car share when possible
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When driving, accelerate slowly and brake with plenty of
distance to conserve fuel and reduce emissions
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Remember your tyre pressure – squiggy tyres use more
fuel
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Remove roof boxes when not in use
A double-decker bus carries the same number of
 people as 40
cars. Make less ‘GAS’ and get a bus pass!
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