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Wastebuster CIC Recycle to Read
PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Recycle to Read brings together cross-sector stakeholders to develop a new, sustainable infrastructure for recycling toys, unlocking considerable social, economic, and environmental benefits for the UK. The programme combines environmental education with consumer action, to empower young people to choose a more sustainable future. In return for reusing and recycling toys and tech, schools and communities are rewarded with books and reading resources

Beneficiaries

  • Children / Young People

    Schools and community groups receive discounted books that engage, educate and entertain children and young people so that they can bring the experience of reading back to their family

  • Number of beneficiaries - 200

    Number of schools having collected and therefore children/fa

Geographic reach

  • United Kingdom
BENEFICIARIES REACHED ANNUALLY

200

Number of schools having collected and therefore children/fa

SIZE OF PROJECT PER ANNUM

£400,000.00

TIMELINE

Jun 2021 - Aug 2024

Project Outcome Targets

Building a new infrastructure to recycle plastic toys in the UK

To encourage the adoption of more sustainable lifestyle choices and the formation of better habits

To help address the inequality of access and opportunity to books in schools

Project Activities

  • Schools collecting broken toys and reusable tech and exchanging them for books

  • Direct contact with the schools network on the Pod (17,800 UK schools)

  • Support schools with a high quality, cross-curricular waste education programme

  • Provide tools that make citizen recycling easier

  • Develop a new collection and processing infrastructure for plastic toys + small electricals

Project Impact and Partners
IMPACT REPORTING

Quarterly

March 2021

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
UN SDG 4: Quality Education UN SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production UN SDG 13: Climate Action UN SDG 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal
How we monitor the quality and results of our work

Quarterly update reports to members of Recycle to Read via the corporate platform

WHO IS ALREADY FUNDING THE PROJECT?

All major UK children’s magazine publishers

Signature Publishing ltd, DC Thomson Media, Kennedy Enterprises Limited, Redan Publishing Ltd

More UK children’s magazine publishers

Immediate Media Company London Limited, Story House Egmont Ltd
OTHER PARTNERS

Our partners

Harper Collins, RECOUP, OPRL, Impact Recycling, IT WEEE, The National Literacy Trust, REPIC

Additional partners

University of Sheffield, Arts + Science International, Smart Games Toy News and Resource magazine