{"id":1270,"date":"2022-11-08T13:22:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T13:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gettingitsorted.org\/?page_id=1270"},"modified":"2022-11-08T13:45:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T13:45:17","slug":"recyclingcompetition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gettingitsorted.org\/bg\/free-resources-and-courses\/recyclingcompetition\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Getting It Sorted Recycling Competition\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jZ-iCfwsuPE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Can you help tackle Fenland&#8217;s contamination culprits?\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong>I<span style=\"color: #003366;\">nspector Blue &#8211; The Case of the Contamination Culprits<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\"> is an aspirational new primary school aged children&#8217;s competition which invites pupils to come up with creative ways to help tackle real-life recycling contamination problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Recycling contamination happens when items that haven&#8217;t been emptied or washed out properly, or wrong items, are put into recycling bins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">It&#8217;s a messy business, with the most common culprits being full bottles of liquids, dirty plastic containers and boxes, carrier bags, black bags, pet food pouches and tissues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Every year, tonnes of valuable recyclables are being wasted and not recycled at all due to these wrong items being placed in recycling bins! This comes at a huge cost &#8211; both financially and environmentally &#8211; to the Council and local communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Now\u00a0children are being asked to help Inspector Blue solve the\u00a0recycling mysteries by coming up with ways to help keep Fenland&#8217;s blue bins contamination free!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Prizes include a year&#8217;s free recycling service for your school, worth up to *\u00a3660. Any child living in Fenland can participate. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><a style=\"color: #003366;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fenland.gov.uk\/media\/19110\/Inspector-Blue-Contamination-Culprits-Competition-Entry-Form\/pdf\/Inspector_Blue_Contamination_Culprits_-_Competition_Entry_Form.pdf?m=638022282916500000\">Download the story and entry form<\/a> <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">and come up with solutions to three different contamination issues. Entrants can use the template provided in the entry <\/span>form but<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"> are not restricted to it. They can come up with any idea they think might work such as a class video, a TikTok story, an art project, a poster, or a local community event.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Please email entries to\u00a0<a style=\"color: #003366;\" href=\"mailto:gettingitsorted@fenland.gov.uk\">gettingitsorted@fenland.gov.uk<\/a>\u00a0with the subject header &#8211; Getting It Sorted Recycling Competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Please also include the following information in your email:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Name and age of child\/children<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Name of teacher, parent, carer, or guardian sending the work<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Name of school or if home educated<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Contact telephone number<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Contact email address<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Alternatively, you can post your entries to\u00a0Getting it Sorted Volunteers, Fenland District Council, Fenland Hall, County Road, March, PE15 8NQ. Please enclose a note with the information required as above.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Deadline for entries &#8211;\u00a0<strong>Friday 31st March 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fenland.gov.uk\/media\/19138\/Recycling-Competition-Terms-Conditions-2022\/pdf\/Recycling_Competition_Terms_and_Conditions_2022.pdf?m=638030676335700000\">*T&amp;C&#8217;s apply\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gettingitsorted.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Max-recyclesalot-1-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gettingitsorted.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Max-recyclesalot-1-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.gettingitsorted.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Max-recyclesalot-1.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fenland.gov.uk\/media\/19110\/Inspector-Blue-Contamination-Culprits-Competition-Entry-Form\/pdf\/Inspector_Blue_Contamination_Culprits_-_Competition_Entry_Form.pdf?m=638022282916500000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gettingitsorted.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ima-careless-2-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"1290\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fenland.gov.uk\/media\/19110\/Inspector-Blue-Contamination-Culprits-Competition-Entry-Form\/pdf\/Inspector_Blue_Contamination_Culprits_-_Competition_Entry_Form.pdf?m=638022282916500000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1274\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gettingitsorted.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/flo-rinsesnaffing-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"1274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gettingitsorted.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/flo-rinsesnaffing-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.gettingitsorted.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/flo-rinsesnaffing.jpg 383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you help tackle Fenland&#8217;s contamination culprits?\u00a0 Inspector Blue &#8211; The Case of the Contamination Culprits is an aspirational new primary school aged children&#8217;s competition which invites pupils to come up with creative ways to help tackle real-life recycling contamination problems. Recycling contamination happens when items that haven&#8217;t been emptied or washed out properly, or &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettingitsorted.org\/bg\/free-resources-and-courses\/recyclingcompetition\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Recycling competition&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":1170,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1270","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gettingitsorted.org\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gettingitsorted.org\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gettingitsorted.org\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gettingitsorted.org\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gettingitsorted.org\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1270"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.gettingitsorted.org\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1392,"href":"https:\/\/www.gettingitsorted.org\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1270\/revisions\/1392"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gettingitsorted.org\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gettingitsorted.org\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}