Press release - 10 Jun 2010
Camden students tackle ‘no more waste’ challenge
Students from two Camden secondary schools have battled to win the ‘no more waste’ challenge, designed to get them thinking differently about waste.
Fifty students aged 13 and 14 took part in the challenge, organised by the Camden Education Business Partnership (EBP) and SITA UK on 7 June, to compete for prizes and learn more about how to reduce waste.
At the end of the day, five students from South Camden Community School were the team chosen by the expert judging team for the top prize. Bun Kobayashi, Siham Yusuf, Roisin McLoughlin, Cicely Corr and Ashraful Syed were all presented with iPods, medals and certificates for their endeavour. One of the teams from La Sainte Union School was awarded book vouchers for finishing hard on their heels.
The day-long event saw the nine teams of students learn more about the importance of ‘reducing, reusing and recycling’ through educational activities including quizzes and design challenges. The students were also given the opportunity to spread the message by producing a poster based on the three Rs, with the winning team having their poster professionally designed for display.
Held at the German Gym in the Kings Cross regeneration area, the challenge day saw almost 50 Year 9 students from La Sainte Union School and South Camden Community School compete for the top prize. The expert judging panel featured Marek Gordon, Director at SITA UK, Sam Monck, Assistant Director of Public Realm and Sustainability at Camden Council, Colin Adams, Head of 11-19 Learning at Camden Council and Andrea Boothman, Director of the Camden Education Business Partnership. The panel announced the winners after ‘pitch style’ presentations were given by four finalist teams.
The winning poster design will now be professionally developed by a design company and will be used to promote the reduce, reuse, recycle message.
Marek Gordon, Director at SITA UK, said: “I was extremely impressed by the effort the students put in and think that every single team deserves praise for their effort and excellent work. We were delighted to be able to deliver this Challenge in Camden to help promote the ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ message and we will be continuing to do so in other boroughs in London in the coming months.”
Siham Yusuf, a student from the top team at South Camden Community School, said: “It was a really good and exciting day – I learnt a lot from it, but winning really was the icing on the cake.”
