1. Household Waste in Devon  8 District Councils – collections/local advice  Devon County Council Responsible for Waste Local Plan & Disposal landfill sites & Energy from Waste facilities In-vessel composters Recycling centres Joint contracts 2014-15 recycled and composted 55.4% Fourth best county in England and Wales Devon targets – 65% by 2025/26  2 Unitary Councils – Plymouth & Torbay

2. DCC - Energy from Waste (EfW) 2 new facilities: Exeter (July 2014) - Exeter, East Devon, north Teignbridge and part of Mid Devon Plymouth (Dec 2015) - Plymouth, Torbay, South Hams, West Devon and south Teignbridge

3. DCC – Waste Management facility visits Experience the sights, sounds and smells of waste! Recycling centre / landfill site Energy from Waste facility

4. DCC – Waste Educators Resource Futures 4 year contract

5. Devon Community Composting Network (DCCN) Funded by DAWRRC (Devon Authorities Waste Reduction and Recycling Committee ) Community composting scheme / School advisors

6. Devon School Sustainability ‘Bulletin’ Half termly email Resources, Events, Schemes, Funding Subscribe at http://eepurl.com/oawsfhttp://eepurl.com/oawsf

7. DCC – ‘Cutting your Wasteline’ School Grant Up to £1,500 to help schools reduce their black bag waste; depending on school size. To set up practical recycling and composting systems in your school Towards transport costs for visiting waste and recycling facilities Expenses towards a ‘skills share’ visit to a local school Travel costs for a visit to a Recycling Centre / Energy from Waste plant 2 rounds of funding per year Next deadline: 22 nd April for composting equipment / 20 th May for application forms

8. WARPit Online resource exchange facility for Devon schools and DCC buildings Free to join, free to use Saves money and resources www.warp-it.co.uk/devoncc

9. DCC – Waste Education Website zone.recycledevon.org Devon based waste, recycling and composting website Great teaching resources Videos, games, image gallery

10. DCC – Teaching Resource Packs contains a curriculum-linked KS2 lesson plan and an Eco Team activity for each school month has a wealth of supporting documents to bring composting to life for adults and pupils Can be downloaded free from the website Compost Curriculum Handbook

11. DCC – Teaching Resource Packs Science/Geography - Material World: year 5/6 Literacy - What about waste? - year 3/4 and year 5/6

12. Heidi Diepold Waste Education Officer Devon County Council heidi.diepold@devon.gov.uk 01392 382920