Cuddington Community Primary School helping to Rethink Waste

Cuddington Community Primary School is the only school in the borough of Epsom & Ewell to take part in the Surrey Environment Partnership's scheme to reduce waste. If they do win a prize, they want to run a project that helps bring wildlife and insects to their school grounds.

In Epsom and Ewell, we need to reduce what we waste because the less that we throw away, the better it is for the environment and the cheaper it is for your council to deal with the waste. But reducing waste isn’t easy. And that’s where the Rethink Waste scheme comes in. 

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Since the Surrey Environment Partnership’s Rethink Waste scheme launched, it has awarded £19,500 to 24 Surrey primary schools as chosen by Surrey residents who’ve signed up to the scheme. And now, with a further £2,000 on offer you too can give a gift to local kids by signing up and taking part.

The scheme works like this. You sign up to Rethink Waste and complete fun, easy online activities that help you reduce waste, for which you win points. You select the participating school in Epsom and Ewell and donate your points to them. At the end of February and March 2025, the two schools with the most points will take home a share of £1,000 that they’ll use to fund an environmental project.

So far, over 12,000 households in Surrey have signed up to take part in Rethink Waste. They’ve completed over 190,000 activities and are well on their way to reducing the amount of waste produced in Surrey – a result for the planet and for Surrey councils as they will save money on disposal costs.

And Surrey residents have chosen some great projects to get behind too. Money from Rethink Waste has funded projects ranging from creating brand new outdoor classrooms to buying litter picking sets, building new guinea pig homes and building raised beds.

If you want to take part, sign up to Rethink Waste online or download the app.

Download the app or sign up online and you’ll immediately have access to a trove of fun activities that can help you reduce waste. And every time you complete an activity, either by watching a video, completing a quiz or making a pledge, you win points. And with the points, you can either:

• Enter monthly prize draws to win some great eco-friendly prizes.
• Donate your points to a charity of your choice – the charities with the most points at the end of the month win a cash donation.
• Donate your points to a Surrey primary school of your choice – regular school schemes have seen schools compete for points; so far, Rethink Waste has donated £18,500 to Surrey schools.

Since the scheme launched in Surrey, over 178,000 activities have been completed by those living in the county. Join them and do your bit for the county.