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🥳Congratulations to FIVE schools who have achieved their GOLD AWARD in the Planet Protector Challenge!
🏫Chidham Parochial Primary School
🏫St Margaret's CE Primary School
🏫Handcross Primary School
🏫Sompting Village Primary School
🏫Nyewood Infant School, Arun
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🥈🌍 A big congratulations to THREE West Sussex primary schools who have achieved their SILVER AWARD in this year’s Planet Protector Challenge!
🏫@BWGschool, Burgess Hill
🏫Chidham Parochial Primary School, Chichester
🏫 Ashurst Wood Primary School, Mid Sussex
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West Sussex Wastebusters retweeted
Big news this .. Recycle to Read Toys is LIVE in 167 Tesco stores!
Recycle broken hard plastic toys & your school earns free books 📚♻️ Sign up free at recycletoread.org
#RecycleToRead #BooksForSchools @Tesco @Mattel @products_change @HarperCollins
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West Sussex Wastebusters retweeted
🏆 Just one entry puts you in with a chance to win £100 and your school £1,000 Currys vouchers for Microsoft tech!
Here's how the Hidden Treasure Hunt works:
♻️ Recycle old tech
🎟 Register your recycling
💥 Earn Planet Care Points
Sign up your school at hiddentreasurehunt.org
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Well done to the latest schools making fantastic progress in the Planet Protector Challenge
⭐ Sompting Village Primary School, 6 missions = GOLD Award! ⭐ St Margaret’s CofE Primary School, Crawley, 4 missions = Bronze and Silver Awards! @wsrecycles #westsussexschools #recycle
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#🎉 Woohoo, West Sussex schools!
So far, you’ve helped rehome a whopping 1,130 toys in this year's Planet Protector Challenge! 🧸
planetprotectorchallenge.org @wsrecycles #westsussexschools #recycle #reusereducerecycle
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♻It's WASTE WEEK!♻
What are your wastebusters doing to help save the world from waste? We'd love to hear about what's happening in your school. When we combine everyone's small actions, they have a BIG impact!
#wasteweek #foodwaste #recycleitright #westsussex @WSrecycles
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🍕Next week is Waste Week, and we are celebrating the heroes who save food from going to waste every single day! How do you save food from going to waste? 🌽TEACHERS register and download the free Waste Week Campaign Pack jointhepod.org/campaigns/ww2…
@WSrecycles #wasteweek #foodwaste
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Calling all West Sussex schools.. are you joining the #HiddenTreasureHunt? Watch @KingshamPrimary from Chichester and South Bersted CofE Primary school taking part. @WSrecycles @midsussex_times @MSR1038 @Sussex_World
🎉 Don’t miss out – the Hidden Treasure Hunt is live!
Join in this fun, nationwide challenge helping primary schools tackle the UK’s fastest-growing waste stream ♻️
👉 Sign up at jointhepod.org/campaigns/hth…
#HiddenTreasureHunt @currysplc @recycleelectric @MicrosoftUK
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Check out @KingshamPrimary in Chichester, on @cbbc Newsround for The Hidden Treasure Hunt! @WSrecycles bbc.co.uk/newsround/videos/c…
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We’re excited to see the #HiddenTreasureHunt and @KingshamPrimary feature in a full-page spread in @First_News 📰
The campaign is now live – it's free, fun and open to primary schools nationwide.
Sign up at: hiddentreasurehunt.org/#how-…
#HiddenTreasureHunt @WSrecycles
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West Sussex Wastebusters retweeted
The Hidden Treasure Hunt is featured in today's @PrimaryTimes, reaching primary schools and families across the UK 🎉
Schools can sign up now to take part in this free, fun nationwide campaign tackling electrical waste.
Read more at bit.ly/3LZ3Ryr
#HiddenTreasureHunt
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West Sussex Wastebusters retweeted
The Hidden Treasure Hunt is live 🎉 A free national campaign for primary schools helping pupils & families recycle old tech and electricals – with rewards to win!
Sign up at hiddentreasurehunt.org/#how-…
#HiddenTreasureHunt #RecycleYourElectricals
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West Sussex Wastebusters retweeted
The Hidden Treasure Hunt has been featured on @CBBC Newsround 🎉 Follow pupils taking part in the hunt to see sustainability learning in action!
The best bit? Your school can get involved too! hiddentreasurehunt.org/#how-…
#HiddenTreasureHunt
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🥳 Woohoo, WELL DONE Sompting Village Primary School and Kingsham Primary School, for already achieving your Bronze and Silver Planet Protector Challenge Awards. 🥳
@WSrecycles #WestSussex #westsussexfamilies #westsussexschools
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📷So far this year, West Sussex schools have:
Had 90 pupils learn to recycle it right, recycled 446 kg textiles, saved 15kg of batteries for recycling, shared 919 toys, collected 113 items of litter, saved 963 kwh of energy, and completed a Biodiversity mission! @WSrecycles
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The challenge runs until the end of the summer term - so there is tonnes of time to get involved. It's a fantastic way to inspire whole-school action on real environmental issues; building pupils’ confidence, resilience, and responsibility #westsussexschools
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Teachers, book your free assemblies from the West Sussex Waste Partnership. Focusing on waste prevention and recycling, they're a great way to support recycling initiatives & waste prevention and empower children & young people to make a difference. @WSrecycles #westsussex
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11 Dec 2025
🌱 West Sussex primary schools, kick off 2026 with our FREE Starter Pack! Get everything you need to get pupils (and staff!) reducing waste, saving resources and leading real change. Download free 👉 wastebuster.co.uk/resources/…
#WestSussexSchools #EcoSchools #SustainableSchools
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23 Oct 2025
♻️ The Recycle it Right Challenge is back! 🌍
West Sussex schools, will your pupils be this year’s recycling champions? 🏆
It’s fun and easy to join!
Runs until 3 July 2026
Register now westsussex.wastebusters.org/…
#RecycleItRight #Wastebusters #WestSussex #EcoSchools #Sustainability
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