Reusing books and staff R&R platform

Reusing books

The student book swap is being organised by schools to promote the objective of the importance of reusing items as part of reducing individuals’ and organisations’ carbon footprints. This supports the second objective for the environmental sustainability week which is to consider the importance of reusing items as part of reducing our carbon footprint.

For primary schools, students will be encouraged to bring in books that they are happy to exchange for another book. For secondary schools, students will be asked to bring in books that they want to donate to younger students, particularly those they used for their studies, eg. sixth form students bring in books they used for their GCSEs.

Each school will inform students and parents how to bring in the books and the arrangements for allowing students to select one of the reused books.

Staff are also encouraged to bring in books for reuse and this will be organised by schools and it is hoped that this, along with the students’ donated books, may become a long term provision in all Trust schools. Staff who donate items during the week can add this to the ‘how low can we go?’ challenge.

Staff R&R (reuse and repurpose) platform

Using an online platform, Google Keep, staff will be able to donate items that they no longer use but know may be useful for other staff to promote our commitment to increasing the reuse of items. This supports the second objective for the environmental sustainability week which is to consider the importance of reusing items as part of reducing our carbon footprint.

The platform has been set up for each school and the central team to launch so that the donations can be easily arranged. Staff will also be able to post items that they are looking for. Before staff are able to access the platform, they have been asked to read and accept the protocol for using the platform to ensure that all staff are aware of the expectations including that all items are donated for free and that staff take responsibility for how items are collected. It is hoped that if the platform is successful, it can be a legacy of the week. Staff who donate items during the week can add this to the ‘how low can we go?’ challenge.

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