Newcastle Council currently provides an office paper recycling collection service to the majority of schools and nurseries in Newcastle. The scheme is called Paper Mania.
The aim of the service is to:
The council provides a school with a recycling wheeled-bin and pays a collection company to empty it. This means that the school does not have to pay for the service.
However, the schools needs to work out how they will get the paper from the classrooms to the external bin. Some schools utilise cleaning staff whilst others have organised an 'eco-group' of schoolchildren to collect the paper. We do not supply any internal recycling bins.
We have put this information on a separate web page in case you wish to print out what types of paper can be recycled.
When the paper bin is full, the school should contact Newport Paper North East on 0191 499 0120 to arrange a collection.
However, please only request a collection when the bin is nearly full as the council is charged each time you order a collection.
In addition, please maximise the weight of paper in your bin by not scrunching the paper into a balls or filling the bin with shredded paper.
To arrange a collection call Newport Paper North East on (0191) 499 0120
If you do not have office paper collections and would like to look at implementing this service, please contact recycling.officer@newcastle.gov.uk or call 0191 264 6958.
Follow this link to see what types of paper are collected for recycling
Now and then, teachers require access to waste and recycling educational resources. However, these can be hard to find.
With this in mind, we have created a resources for schools page with a number of links to web pages and web sites that may be of use.
Page last updated: 16 August, 2011
