Round 4 Funds 07/08
Velindre Cancer Centre, £4,667.00
The centre received the funding to purchase recycling containers for cans and plastics. The aim is to improve their resource efficiency by approximately 15% through sending the collected items for recycling.
Gurnos Nursery School, £578.32
Gurnos Nursery School used the funding to purchase 2 Hippo Bins for school; the purpose of the bins was to recycle approximately 70% of the paper used within the school.
Trinity College, £5,000
Trinity College applied for funding to purchase recycling containers; they were expecting to collect paper, plastic, glass bottles, cans, cardboard and disused furniture. The college expected to increase their recycling figures by 10% on the previous year.
Hawthorn Infants School, £3,500
To purchase compost bins, wormeries, water butts and recycling containers. The school were expecting to improve their recycling of paper, card, plastic, glass, packaging, vegetation, water, wax crayons and ink cartridges. The school were already recycling approximately 50% of their waste and were expecting to increase this by 20%.
University of Glamorgan, £5,000
The University used the funds to purchase recycling bins for the collection plastic bottles, packaging and glass. They were expecting to divert approximately 151 tonnes of waste from landfill, which approximately is 30% of their total waste arising.
Aberystwyth University, £25,000
The University received the funding to purchase a composting machine for onsite treatment of catering and green waste. It was expected to redirect 1 cubic metre of waste per week, the end product being used on site. Pupil Referral Unit, £4,000 The unit used the funding to purchase recycling equipment. The unit had recently enrolled onto the Eco Schools programme and was looking to use the equipment to make changes in current practices.
Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive School, £3,002.16
The school applied for the funding to purchase recycling bins, gummy bins (bins for chewing gum), an all weather notice board and litter pickers. The school were expecting to reduce their waste to landfill by 50%.
Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust, £16,438.25
The Trust used the funds to purchase 2 cardboard balers, to be used to bale cardboard packaging waste. The trust were predicting that the cardboard waste would amount to approximately 15% of their total waste arising, diverting approximately 185 tonnes from landfill per annum.
Afon Taf High School, £12,228.97
The school received funding for internal and external recycling bins, a dishwasher, cutlery and crockery. This would enable them to recycle plastic bottles and reduce the use of polystyrene plates. The school were looking to divert approximately 25% of their waste from landfill.
Beacon Candles (Powys County Council), £5,462.56
Beacon Candles applied for the funding to purchase a machine to recycle cardboard into packing material. This would enable them to recycle cardboard and the organisation is expecting to divert100% of their cardboard from landfill.
UWIC, £4,958.22
The University received funding in order to purchase recycling bins. The aim was to further their recycling of paper, cans and bottles. UWIC were expecting to further reduce their waste sent to landfill.
Coleg Llandrillo, £2761.02
Coleg Llandrillo purchased recycling units for plastics bottles and aluminium cans. The College are expecting approximately 50% of waste can be diverted from landfill.
Carmarthenshire NHS Trust, £5,002.50
The Trust received funding to purchase recycling bins for paper waste, the Trust would expect to divert approximately 135 tonnes from landfill, approximately 20% of the total waste.
Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust, £5,000
The Trust received funding to purchase an industrial shredding machine in order to recycle paper. This will enable the Trust to divert 5% of domestic waste volume from landfill.
Welsh Institute of Sport, £1,202.85
The Institute purchased recycling bins, with the aim of collecting plastic bottles, containers and aluminium cans.
Withybush General Hospital, £4,400
The hospital received the funding to purchase cross cutting paper shredders and sack holder bins with wheels. The equipment will enable the hospital to recycle paper and they expected that approximately 7-10% waste would be diverted from landfill.
Integrated Children’s Services, £95,818
The service purchased commercial dishwashers for 23 individual schools; this enabled them to reduce the number of disposable beakers sent to landfill per year by 100%.
South Wales Fire & Rescue Service, £6,000
The service used the funding to purchase waste recycling bins, to be used for cans, plastics, paper, cups and dregs (plus food waste). The Service estimated that approximately 10% savings to landfill could be diverted.
Trelewis Primary School, £5,000
The school purchased recycling bins, to collect plastic bottles, cans, foil, food waste and paper. This was expected to divert approximately 40% waste from landfill per annum.
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, £4,100
The park received the funding for recycling and wheelie bins, in order to collect cardboard, plastic, cans, glass, paper, wood and metal.
Edwardsville Primary School, £8,760
The school purchased interactive whiteboards; these would enable the school to reduce the amount of paper used in the classroom. The equipment was expected to reduce the use of paper within the classroom by 50%; this was expected to reduce waste to landfill by approximately 25%.
The Vale of Glamorgan Council, £572
The council purchased kitchen caddies and wormeries (for 50 local schools); this would enable the schools to collect biodegradable compostable waste (fruit waste). The school where this was trialed estimated that this enabled them to save 12.5% of their total waste arising.
Abercanaid Community School, £4,794.74
The school purchased Penguin litter bins and recycling bins, these were to be used to collect tins, cans, glass, paper, newspaper, clothing cardboard and plastic. The school were expecting this initiative to reduce their waste to landfill by approximately 50%. View case study.
Neath Port Talbot College, £10,000
The college received the funding for recycling bins and a paper-shredding machine. These were expected to collect metals, car oils, batteries, ink cartridges, cooking oil, paper, cans and plastic bottles. The college were predicting that this initiative would increase their recycling figures by a further 10-15%.
Treharris Nursery School, £4,500
The school purchased recycling bins, interactive whiteboard, dishwasher, plastic cups and water butts. The impact expected was to recycle paper, reduce the need for paper and to eliminate the use of disposable plastic cups. The school expected to reduce their paper use by 50%.
Cardiff and the Vale NHS Trust, £16,920
The Trust received the funding for wheelie bins, these are to collect food & drink cans, plastic bottles, glass bottles, aerosols, paper and packaging. The Trust were expecting to divert 1125 tonnes from landfill, which is approximately 45% of total waste arising. View case study.
Goetre Infant School, £1,727.22
The school purchased dry wipe boards for teachers and students, the purpose of the equipment is reduce the amount of paper used within the classroom. The school are expecting to be able to reduce their paper waste sent to recycling by 50%.
Llywncelyn Practice, £1,147.98
Llywncelyn Practice purchased a shredder and waste containers; the equipment will help the practice with paper recycling and segregation of the general waste. The expectation was to increase recycling of paper to about 80% and overall recycling up to approximately 70%.
Gaer Road Primary School, £763.22
The school used the funds to purchase Hippo bins and water butts.
Ton-Yr-Ywen Primary School, £5,000
The school purchased waste bins, wormeries, wind turbine. The aim was to collect paper, card and milk cartons. The expectations of total waste arising savings were 30%.
Coleg Glan Hafren, £1,514
The college purchased clear sided bins for collecting plastic bottles, cups and paper collection bins. The expectation was that 4 cubic metres per week could be diverted from landfill.
