Creating a more sustainable future
We are on a mission to help schools and the wider community to be more sustainable by promoting refill and refuse. Our Eco Refill pilot teaches pupils how to set up and operate a shop selling refills of household products such as body wash and hand wash. The shops open once a month and everyone from staff, pupils, parents and the wider community are encouraged to bring their own containers to refill.
Twenty-Five schools across Greater Manchester have already received funding to help them launch their Eco Refill Shops. The aim is to give young people the skills and tools to play a part in tackling the climate emergency and be part of the UK’s low-carbon circular economy. The school shops also support learning workplace skills, building good habits and taking responsibility for the success of the shop.
Find out more by reading our blogs below…..
Pupil-led Eco Refill Shops soon to launch
Ten Greater Manchester schools will soon launch their pioneering, pupil-led Eco Refill Shops. Training has now started with the school leads, and pupils will soon begin to apply for the various roles to deliver a fully-stocked eco refill shop for their school community.
Opening time, the launches begin!
In the second blog in our series covering the progress of the ten School Eco Refill Shops, we can happily report that the schools have undergone their enterprise training and are now beginning to launch and open for their school communitie
Keeping the momentum going…
In the third blog in our series covering the progress of the School Eco Refill Shops, all schools have launched and are committed to be open for business every month for their school communities.
NEW Schools Wanted
Following the success of the School Eco Refill Shop pilot over the last 9 months, Greater Manchester Combined Authority are inviting more schools in the region to apply for funding to set-up their own small business, selling a range of environmentally friendly products.
School Eco Refill Shop at the Green Summit
Last year’s Green Summit, which took place in December, played host to one of our School Eco Refill Shop Enterprise Teams from St Margaret Mary’s Primary School, a hugely successful Eco Refill Shop from the first cohort of schools.
Eco Refill Shops – now 25 across the region!
Following the success of the first wave of School Eco Refill Shops over the last 12 months, there are now a further 15 schools running their own small business, selling a range of environmentally friendly refill products across Greater Manchester.
Support for Schools
Schools provide a significant opportunity to contribute to zero carbon ambitions. We can offer support and guidance to help you to reduce your school’s carbon emissions, develop green sector skills, raise awareness of environmental issues and inspire community action.
Take a look at the support on offer, from creating a climate action plan, doing more within the classroom, tackling the fabric and the outside of school buildings and guiding young people into the green work sector after high school.
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