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Case study: Deeside College
Recycling
WBQ components
WEW
Element 3, Key issues 1 and 2
Element 1, Key issue 1
Element 2, Key issue 1
PSE
Element 4, Key issues 1 and 2
Element 1, Key issue 3
Key Skills opportunities
(Potential for Communication, ICT, PS (if any green projects are undertaken as follow-up activities).)
Activities
A workshop on recycling, including input from three organisations, as preparation for a visit to the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), Machynlleth. Workshop included: presentation from a local company, Castle Cement, to put the economic case for recycling waste to fire kilns to produce cement; presentation from local company, Shotton Paper, to explain how recyling can be cost effective and produce quality paper, and a workshop by a representative from CAT to raise awareness about the waste we produce.
The first part of the workshop was delivered by the Education Officer of Castle Cement and he gave a talk, with opportunity for questions. The local cement factory will shortly be recycling a wide variety of waste to fuel a new kiln which is almost built. One of the main fuels that will be used in the new kiln will be Cemfuel, which is recycled from industrial waste from the paint industry. This recycled fuel will also reduce the need to use coal and coke to fuel the kiln.
Secondly, there was a presentation by the Education Officer of Shotton Paper, a local paper production plant which uses 100% recycling in order to produce its paper. The parent company is UPM, a Scandinavian Company with an excellent record of implementing a sustainability policy. It operates a looped production cycle to produce paper in an ecologically responsible way. UPM has forest certification and uses wood in its other factories from sustained and managed forests. The speaker gave a PowerPoint presentation and showed a video about the company's approach to sustainability, followed by a discussion with the students. Students were really engaged by the practical ways in which UPM was approaching sustainability and they learnt a lot in about half an hour.This speaker raised student awareness of recycling and sustainability, which proved useful for the third part of the session.
The third speaker, from CAT, was able to link her workshop with some of the messages contained in the second talk, as she had observed it. The CAT speaker used a workshop with a simulated activity to get the recycling message across to the group. She organised the students into groups and set them a task using cards, which were used to show the life of a chocolate bar (a kinder egg), from factory to shop. Each group reported back and they compared their versions. This simple activity brought with it many important messages and helped prepare students for a visit to CAT the following session.
Follow-on sessions
Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth
The visit included an educational tour around the centre where students could see alternative approaches to waste and fuel production and energy conservation.
Discussion about Global Warming
Students watched a programme 'The End of the World as we know it' presented by Paul Theroux - on the issue of global warming. The programme focussed on the effects of global warming on the North American Continent. Students were given prompt and question sheets to use while watching the video, which was stopped at a number of points for questions, discussion and clarification.
Practical points
PlanningContacting the three organisations by phone and e-mail for session one and devising programme - approx. 3 hours. Booking CAT trip and coach -1 hour
Time-scale
Session One: 1.5 hours
CAT trip 9.00 am - 4.00 pm
Resources
recycle for Wales ailgylchu dros Gymru www.wasteawarenesswales.org.uk