the happy bin

happy bin (cartoon)

Penycae C.P. School


Weekly progress


Penycae C.P. School waste reduction progress chart

Below: Week 6 We recycled, reused and reduced everything this week:

Penycae C.P. School pupils celebrating by their compost bin

Below: Week 6 - Here is our eco committee with half of this week's waste:

Penycae C.P. School pupils with their small amount of waste in the garden.

Below: We've been making folders for our "Happy Bin" project so that we have a permanent record for the future - It gives us a great deal of pleasure. [Click on the picture for a larger version.]

Penycae C.P. School pupils with folders they made for their Happy Bin project

Penycae C.P. School pupils

Penycae C.P. School pupils with Vagabondi Puppets at the Happy Bin roadshow

Here is a photo of the certificate we gained in Cardiff - a long term award for being an Eco school:

Penycae C.P. Schoolchildren holding a certificate gained in Cardiff - a long term award for being an Eco school.


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Sbwriel Muriel of Vagabondi Puppets' Happy Bin project

Key to explain
how the bin feels:
Sickest bin ever*: lilac square, key for colour of sickest ever bin in graph
Feeling better: green square, key for colour of well bin in graph
Feeling worse: red square, key for colour of unwell bin in graph
Happiest bin ever**: yellow square, key for colour of target to aim for in graph

*At the beginning of
previous projects three
schools were wasting
more than 0.800Kg
per pupil per week.
They eliminated most
of their waste by
the end of the
project.


The lowest waste
per pupil per week
is currently Caehopkin School
at 0.061Kg.