Reducing Waste
Spring Term sees School Shops bubbling with business
The sun has been shining at the start of Spring term for our second wave of 15 School Eco Refill Shops across Greater Manchester, helping them to open their shops in school playgrounds and create a real buzz for their small business.
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Schools across Greater Manchester awarded eco grants to champion climate action
Young people will be at the forefront of sustainability projects as 29 schools across Greater Manchester receive grants of up to £2,000 for climate and waste reduction initiatives. The scheme, launched in October 2024, aims to empower pupils to bring their eco-ideas to life and drive real change within their communities.
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Celebrate World Refill Day and help shape a more sustainable Greater Manchester
World Refill Day is a global campaign led dedicated to tackling plastic pollution by making it easier for people to live with less waste.
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Bolton Communities Helping to Reduce Food Waste
The Bolton Food Waste Toolkit is a community-inspired and designed toolkit that is the end product of two years of development and testing out in the community. The idea originated from ‘how can we bring communities together around climate change’ as part of Bryony O’Connor’s PhD.
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School Eco Refill Pilot – The Results
During October 2023 recruitment commenced for a small number of schools across Greater Manchester to be part of a unique pilot programme which promoted reuse and refill within schools and their wider communities. The project was supported by GMCA and delivered by Pupils Profit.
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NEW Greater Manchester School 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.
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School Eco Refill Shop at the Green Summit
Children from the the Pupils Profit, St Margaret Mary’s Primary School Eco Refill Shop were very happy to tell delegates about the benefits of refill and offer them the chance to buy their lovely products
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Local Sustainability Champions: Stitched Up Community Benefit Society
In our series of local sustainability champions, we caught up with Win the Volunteer and Textile Reuse Coordinator from Stitched Up Community Benefit Society, a small Not-for-Profit with the aim of inspiring action on sustainable fashion at their new location at Bridge 5 Mill, Manchester…
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Manchester, we need your help! Join the Borro Scheme and reduce waste
Every year, the UK uses around 3 billion takeaway cups, each serving a drink for just 15 minutes before being thrown away. This staggering waste amounts to over 200,000 miles of cups—enough to circle the earth eight times! But the good news is, this waste is avoidable.
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Local sustainability Champions: Moss Side Repair Café
We caught up with Emily Corner, Operations Manager at Sow the City who runs the Boiler House to find out how the R4GM Community Fund has helped to make a difference to their project…
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NEW Schools Wanted in Greater Manchester to Host Eco Refill Shops
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.
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Red House Farm School Pilot Scheme
Red House Farm is a 57ha, Soil Association certified organic farm on the edge of Greater Manchester. As part of their Countryside Stewardship Scheme, a pilot project has been setup to assess the impact of bringing the same group of children to the farm, with visits taking place each half term.
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