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Be inspired

Be inspired by learning from successes from other

Eco-Schools and find out more about campaigns to get
involved with this term.

Second Hand September Uniform Swap Shop at Cefn

This campaign promotes donating, Hengoed Comprehensive,
reusing, rewearing and restyling your Swansea
clothes during September – and The uniform swap shops are
beyond! an excellent example of how
The creation of a new pair of jeans schools can get involved with
emits an estimated 16.2kg of CO2, the #SecondHandSeptember.
equivalent of driving over 58 miles in Read their full story here. Don’t
a car. forget that your swaps don’t have
By recirculating and extending the life to be limited to clothing- books and
of our clothes we can help to reduce toys are also great items that can be
the demand for new, which in turn given a new life within your school’s
could help to reduce the impact to community!
our planet.

Click here to check out
the case study!