Reusing waste 
Sunflower Valley 2008
Vale Primary School children are working on a unique and special
sunflower project, making their eye-catching colourful flowers out
of waste destined for the bin!
The flowers will be on display from the end of July 2008 and
into August at Art Central. Each flower will contain a special
pledge of how its creators are going to care more about the
environment.
Have fun!
Our projects ensure youngsters enjoy themselves,
are creative and make something useful. The Waste and Arts
Development teams work together to
ensure pupils learn what we throw away.
The Vale Show
The popular agricultural show takes place in August every year
and is a good opportunity for us to both work with young
people to reinforce our message.
Xmas on the Pier
Thanks to the creativity of our local primary schools
and charity Scope we have been able to decorate Penarth
Pier. Artistically we made things destined for the bin
and now regularly reuse decorations for each festive season.
Greetings cards recycling
Why not recycle your Christmas card at one of our
participating schools? Last year we collected nearly one million
cards from various schools within the Vale.
Don't forget you can put your greetings cards in our plastic and
cardboard recycling (as long as there's not glue on the card, or
additional non card decoration)
Dyffryn Gardens
We have run projects at Easter were everyday items of rubbish
like sweet wrappers are reused. The “Eggs” were then used as money
collection boxes to collect money for Parkinson’s Awareness
Week.
The popular film ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ also
inspired us; pupils turned their rubbish into giant sweets!
Let us know if your school is working on a project that makes
innovative use of waste!
Contact
t. 01446 700111 or e. visible@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk