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1	Banbridge Nursery School	As a Nursery, we pledge to always use reusable bags for life for our snack shopping and will always encourage parents to use these when bringing items into school. We will continue to complete our daily eco jobs which involve recycling as much as we can and emptying the smaller recycling bins into the larger recycling bin outside. We will also ensure to put all compostable items into our outdoor composter. As a staff, we will ensure to use reusable water bottles and containers in school and will also make sure that we are reducing paper. Furthermore, we will send all correspondence to parents via email or Seesaw to reduce the need to use paper and will ask parents to return information digitally.	27/04/2022
2	Drumnamoe Nursery School	I pledge that we will try to find a way to send home clothes in a reusable bag instead of a plastic one .	11/01/2022
3	Ulidia Integrated College	We pledge as students and a school to use reusable water bottles instead of single-use, change our bins to stop rubbish overflow, reduce our use of poly pockets and laminations, encourage and recycle stationary and advertise reusable uniform sales.	14/01/2022
4	St John the Baptist’s College	We pledge to completely remove single-use plastics in our school. We will have reusable containers and reusable cutlery. We will not use balloons, plastic bags and other damaging plastics in the school.	31/01/2022
5	Brooklands Nursery Unit	As a Nursery we pledge to use bags for life for our shopping. We will use compostible bags ( rather than plastic) to send wet clothing home.We will recycle as many packets and wrappers as we can in our dry mixed recycling bin eg.aerosols,card,paper etc.We will put leaves,banana skins & apple cores into our outdoor composter and we ask parents to sign up to our See-saw (communications App) so that we may reduce paper through letter communication instead. We will plant trees in our garden area and we will 'Adopt a Spot' outdoors to encourage the visiting of wildlife.	13/11/2021
6	St Pius X College	To eliminate the use of ballons in all parties and celebrations	25/04/2022
7	St. Mary's Primary School, Melmount	We here at St. Mary's Primary School pledge to try and reduce/eliminate the amount of single use plastic bottles and carrier bags from our school environment by the end of the school year.	30/08/2022
8	St Patrick's Primary School, Ballymaghery	At St Patrick's we're committed to reducing and eliminating the use of any single-use plastics within school. We encourage the use of reusable water bottles and lunch boxes for both pupils and staff thus reducing use of cling film and plastic food bags. <br> <br>We have banned the future purchasing of balloons and plastic straws at school for art activites, fundraisers or events.	01/02/2022
9	Cranmore Integrated Primary School	We will reduce the number of disposable food containers used during school pack lunches. Parents and children will be encouraged to use reuseable containers to send lunch items to school to reduce the amount of plastic waste we have during lunchtimes.	28/02/2022
10	Brooklands Primary School	We pledge to remove all plastic water bottles and plastic cups by the end of this school year, where most children and staff use reusable bottles for drinks. Regards our water machine within the staffroom; whilst most staff fill water into their reusable bottles, we are seeking to swap the supply of plastic cups that are provided for paper cones the next time a delivery is made. We pledge to reduce waste from packets and wrappers by purchasing items with no or minimal packaging when purchasing items ourselves, such as for breakfast club and after-schools club, and by asking parents to send food into school in reusable tubs that go home to be washed. We are asking parents to stop the use of plastic bags when sending food in for pupils' snacks and lunches and we are sending all yogurt pots home to be washed and reused or recycled. In our dinner hall all cutlery is metal and all cups are reusable.	16/11/2021
11	Fountain Primary School	In Fountain Primary School, we pledge to reduce our single-use plastic. We will be using reuseable bottles and will do are best to reduce the use of cling film in our lunches and break time snacks. We will use less food bag that are single-use.	25/01/2022
12	St Clare's Abbey Primary School	We pledge to use re useable bags instead of plastic bags. We will fill our water bottles every day to bring to school instead of buying a new bottle each day. We will bring our food containers home from school, wash them and use them again the next day.	02/03/2022
13	Newbuildings Primary School	Newbuildings Primary School Eco Committee pledge to educate the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling plastic in our school. We will recycle plastic where possible. We will use reusable water bottles and containers. We will reduce the amount of plastic bags, packets and wrappers brought into school.	04/01/2022
14	Kings Road Nursery School	We pledge to reduce all unnecessary laminating from our school by Dec 2021, with items being laminated only when absolutely necessary.	28/05/2021
15	Holy Cross Primary School	We pledge to reduce the use of the following plastic items in our school: <br>Balloons <br>Beverage Botttles <br>packets and wrappers <br>	22/11/2021
16	St. Colm's High School	We pledge to remove as much single-use plastic in school as we possibly can by the end of 2021. We had made excellent progress until the pupils returned to school after the first lockdown, but the use of disposable masks, pupils carrying their own plastic sanitiser bottles etc during covid have hindered further improvements.	13/04/2021
17	Downpatrick Nursery School	To ban balloons by the end of June 2022.	15/05/2021
18	St Mary's PS Derrytrasna	In St Mary's Primary School, the staff and children plan to use reusable lunch boxes and water bottles. Takeaway cups are already banned in our school.	15/02/2022
19	Trench Road Nursery School	I pledge to completely remove carrier bags from the school by 2023 and replace them with long life bags.	11/01/2022
20	Islandmagee Primary School	As a school, we pledge to completely eliminate the use of single use plastic water bottles from our canteen by September 2022.	30/05/2022
21	St. Mary’s Primary School, Maghery	We pledge that no lunches will be stored in plastic bags. Children will use lunch bags. <br><br>We pledge that our pupils will all use reusable water bottles to reduce the amount of plastic bottles used. We pledge to try and reduce the number of plastic carton juice boxes with straws our pupils drink with their lunch and encourage they use their reusable water bottle.	21/10/2021
22	Camphill Primary School	We pledge to actively reduce our plastic usage in school. We will recycle all plastics where possible and encourage children to make sensible choices.	18/06/2021
23	Towerview Primary School	Our aim is to reduce plastic containers and packages in our lunchboxes and in the school canteen.	19/01/2022
24	St Colmans Primary School, Saval	St. Colman's Primary School, Saval pledge to ban single-use plastics in our school and to recycle the plastic that we do use. Both children and staff are committed to making our school and community more eco-friendly.	25/01/2022
25	St Patricks Legamaddy	We pledge to reduce the amount of plastic carrier bags that come into school. We will use lunch boxes and reusable tubs to bring our food into school. They will use food containers.<br><br>We pledge in school to use reusable cutlery and not use any disposable cutlery. <br><br>	06/10/2021
26	Pond Park Primary	We will try not to bring our drinks, snacks and lunches in plastic bags and unrecyclable packaging. We will promise never to throw any plastic down the toilet. We will care for others.	13/01/2022
27	CAFRE -LOUGHRY COLLEGE	1: To continue to educate students on the properties of everyday plastics materials so that they can make informed decisions on packaging design. <br> <br>2: Reduce use of plastic drinks bottles <br> <br>3: Take part in at least two litter pickups	23/03/2021
28	St.Peter's Nursery School	As a school we pledge to reduce our use of plastic, properly recycle materials as much as possible and inform our children of the importance of reducing our plastic footprint.	04/03/2021
29	Enniskillen Model Primary School	I pledge to remove all balloons and plastic cutlery from our school from 2022 onwards	19/12/2021
30	Holywood Primary School	We pledge to cut down on our plastic waste. We have replaced plastic straws for compostable paper ones. We have started a Terracycle scheme and are recycling used pens and dental waste in school.	16/02/2022
31	Broadbridge Primary School	We pledge to discourage the children in our school from using single-use bottled water. Instead, we encourage our children to refill water from our taps. We are also thinking of ways we dispose of our plastic. We all use our recycle bins and food waste bins in all our classes. We try to pick up plastic when we see it and put it into the bin.	03/03/2021
32	Killyleagh Integrated Primary School	Killyleagh Integrated Primary pledge to educate our children about how plastic negatively impacts the environment. We will try to reduce the amount of plastic packaging used in lunches and encourage students to bring a reusable water bottle to school.	18/01/2022
33	Sperrin Intergrated College	We pledge to reduce the amounts of singal use plastics in our school. This includes bottles and food containers.	13/12/2021
34	Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School	Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School pledge to completely remove the use of plastic drinking bottles in our school by June 2022. With the school promoting the use of reusable bottles.	11/01/2022
35	Cumber Claudy Primary School	We at Cumber Claudy Primary School pledge to recycle as much as possible and reduce the amount of plastic we use in school.	22/02/2022
36	Derrychrin Primary School	We pledge to recycle all plastic bread packages and foot containers from our snack time.	20/01/2022
37	St Colmcille’s Nursery School	We pledge to remove plastic beverage bottles from our Nursery School (eg Sports Day) and also do our very best to not use take away cups	20/12/2021
38	Drumrane Primary School	We pledge to continue to reduce plastic bottles, straws and wrappers in our school from April 2021. We will also continue to monitor and ensure plastic bags are not used in school at all.	12/04/2021
39	St Patrick's Primary School, The Loup	We pledge to reduce the amount of plastic bottles and sandwich bags that are used in our school. Encouraging children to use re-useable drinks bottles and lunch boxes instead of single use sandwich bags.	03/12/2020
40	Cullybackey College Eco Club	Reduce the amount of plastic waste going to landfill and send to Terracycle during academic year 2021-2022.	15/01/2022
41	Killowen Primary School, Rostrevor	Our school are pledging to become a refill school. We hope to only use refill bottles and to no longer use plastic bought water bottles We hope to do this by June 2022.	15/12/2021
42	St Columba's Primary School	We are going to reduce the number of single use beverage bottles, plastic bags and food containers that we bring to school. We will use reusable items instead.	13/01/2022
43	Holy Cross Girls’ PS	Our school Eco Council will educate and prompt the reduction of plastic. This school year, we hope to see a decrease in the amount of plastic bottles and lunch bags and instead replaced with reusable drinking bottles and lunch bags. We want our voice to be heard and listened to with our school canteen being booked our biggest challenge. We do not want to see plastic cutlery being used anymore!	07/10/2021
44	St. Therese of Lisieux Primary School	We pledge to reduce the use of single use plastic bags and water bottles being brought into school for by both staff and pupils.	19/12/2021
45	South West College	Encourage more people within the college to recycle, encourage more to use bin within the college for the correct recycling. <br>Educate the college staff/students regarding recycling. <br>	19/11/2021
46	St. Mary's Primary School, Dunamore	Our Eco School Council will educate and prompt the importance of reducing our use of plastic. We will recycle plastics where possible. We pledge that our pupils will all use reusable water bottles. We pledge to reduce the amount of plastic carrier bags/cling film that comes into school. We will encourage the use of reusable boxes and tubs.	06/11/2021
47	St Colmcilles Nursery School	We will make these Pledges as a Priority on our Eco School action Plan for 2021	01/03/2021
48	The Country Playgroup	To keep reducing all plastics in our playgroup and to use more natural products. <br>	09/07/2020
49	New-bridge Integrated College	I pledge to use less plastic and to make the world a better place.	22/04/2020
50	St. Ita's Primary School	We have been working hard in our school to educate our community about single-use plastic. We pledge to reduce our plastic waste in our lunch boxes.	09/04/2021
51	Our Lady's PS Tullysaran	Remove single use plastics by 2022 within the school, especially at lunchtime.	09/07/2020
52	St Comgall’s PS Bangor	We pledge to continue to reduce and work toward the elimination of single use plastics in our school.	09/07/2020
53	St. Anthony's Nursery School	As a school we pledge to dramatically cut down/ do away with single use plastics in lunch boxes by April 2020.	20/01/2020
54	Oakwood School and Assessment Centre	To reduce the amount of single use plastic in school, and recycle as much as possible - including gloves and writing tools through teracycle.	10/07/2020
55	Knockevin School	We pledge to completely ban balloons, non-recyclable or non-reusable cutlery and plastic straws by June 2022.	12/05/2021
56	Victoria Primary School, Carrickfergus	We pledge to source straws not made from plastic. As an Eco Committee we pledge to keep highlighting the problems associated with plastic through assemblies and posters and competitions and to encourage children to carry the message home.	29/05/2020
57	The Irish Society’s Primary School and Nursery Unit	As a school we pledge to reduce single use plastics in our school and this will be a key part of our Eco-Schools in 2020/21.	09/07/2020
58	Carhill IPS	To reduce the amount of single use plastic in school and continue to participate in the Terra Cycle recycling programme. We have already banned plastic straws and our pupils drink from refillable beakers.	20/07/2020
59	Aghadrumsee primary school	We pledge that by April 2020 our school will have reduced our single use plastic by 50%. We are moving towards a total ban on the use of plastic drinks bottles and plastic packets and wrappers.	09/03/2020
60	Phoenix Integrated Primary	We pledge to reduce the amount of packets and wrappers used everyday within the school!	30/01/2020
61	St Dominic's Grammar School	We will pledge to reduce plastic cutlery use, straws and takeaway cups	10/09/2020
62	St Joseph's PS Strangford	We pledge as a whole school to ban single-use plastic beverage bottles in our school. Eco Committee will monitor and advise as time goes on. We aim to to this before Fri 21st May 2021.	25/03/2021
63	Knockbreda Nursery School	To replace plastic homework bags with fabric bags that can be re-used- one per child will be provided by school- 52 in total!	24/03/2021
64	Sullivan Prep	We pledge to reduce the amount of waste in lunches - we can use refillable bottles and put sandwiches in containers rather than in cellophane and tinfoil.	12/07/2020
65	Woods Primary School	We pledge to hold a Plastic Waste free lunch day on Wednesday 15 January 2020 and reduce single use plastic use at lunchtime in our school.	08/01/2020
66	St Oliver Plunkett's Primary School, Forkhill - STOP Eco Committee	Reduce the amount of single use yoghurt pots by September 2020.	27/01/2020
67	Kylemore Nursery School	As a school we pledge to reduce single use plastics in our classroom and also in our woodland school pack lunches during the year 2019/20.	03/03/2020
68	St Joseph's College	As teacher in charge of the Eco School in St Joseph's I pledge to continue to spread the word around single use plastic and work towards reducing all types of single use plastic in our school community and beyond.	04/12/2019
69	Killean PS	I pledge to completely eliminate plastic bottles by June 2020.	02/10/2019
70	St.Mary's Ps Kircubbin, Co.Down	To ban balloons and plastic carrier bags in the school.	14/01/2020
71	St Bernards Primary school	To reduce the amount of plastics brought into St Bernard's as wrapping, single use plastics and crisp bags along with plactic cups and bottles. <br>We pledge to severely reduce the use of plastics with the aim of becoming a Zero Waste School.	13/01/2020
72	St.Macartan's Primary School Clogher	We pledge to recycle plastic bottles separately in St.Macartan's Primary School	14/11/2019
73	Seaview Primary School, Glenarm	We will not use ANY balloons in any fundraiser, party or any event in the school. No staff member will use takeaway cups this academic year. We will encourage all children not to use plastic bags.	28/01/2020
74	School of Nursing and Midwifery	I pledge to encourage reduction of waste through my role as Well-being Champion in the School.	26/06/2019
75	Riverside school	We pledge to spend the next 12 months reducing the amount of plastic wrappers in lunch boxes. We also pledge to ban balloons and straws from school.	12/02/2020
76	St Aloysius Primary School	We pledge to ban the use of plastic plates and cutlery at our pupil Christmas dinner. We will ensure each pupil receives a reusable water bottle and our eco warriors will encourage their class mates to use it rather than plastic bottles	24/04/2020
77	St. Mary's P.S. Draperstown	We pledge to reduce the use of plastic bottles, food containers and cups by June 2021.	10/07/2020
78	Saint Johns Primary School	We plan to completely ban all single use plastic bottles from our school before the end of 2019. we also plan to encourage reusing and recycling in our daily teaching and get involved with cash for clobber a local "reusing of clothes" charity organisation.	09/07/2019
79	Blessed Patrick O'Loughran P.S	We pledge to reduce the use of takeaway cups, carrier bags, plastic bottles and food packaging and wrapping in our school by June 2020. <br>We will do this by creating our own school logo reusable water bottle, encourage use of school logo 'bag for life', have a package free Friday for school lunches every week and each teacher will use their own travel cup for tea and coffee.	14/01/2020
80	Clandeboye Primary School	We pledge to reduce the number of disposable plastic bottles by January 2021.	14/01/2020
81	St Canices Primary School	To reduce the use of plastic water bottles in our school. <br>To recycle plastic wrappings.	17/11/2019
82	St Louise's Comprehensive College, Belfast	As a school we pledge to reduce our use of all types of single-use plastic in our school and promote this message in our local community.	26/01/2020
83	St Matthew’s PS Drumsurn	St Matthew's will reduce their use of single use plastic.	07/10/2019
84	St Teresa's Primary School	Children and staff will use refillable water bottle daily. All single use plastic bottles will be banned.	21/04/2020
85	Edenderry Primary School	We pledge to ban single use plastic bottles from our school in 2020.	25/02/2020
86	Castledawson PS	<br>We pledge to hold Waste Free lunches every Thursday to actively reduce the amount of plastic waste . We also pledge to promote the use of reusable water bottles and bags as an alternative to plastic single use versions.	20/01/2020
87	St Malachy's Primary School, Bangor	We pledge to reduce the amount of single use plastics in our school by September 2020. We will encourage everyone to use reusable bottles and cutlery in their lunch.	31/01/2020
88	Down High School	We pledge to: <br>Replace all disposable cups with reusable alternatives by June 2020.<br>Replace all plastic cutlery with stainless steel or bamboo alternatives.<br>Reduce the amount of single use plastic and disposable water bottles in our school by 50%, by June 2020.	21/10/2019
89	Saint John the Bapist's College	We aim to reduce plastic bottles and get rid of all plastic cutlery and cups from our school.	20/11/2019
90	Rainey Endowed School	I pledge to remove polystyrene trays from our school canteen during break time by January 2020. <br> <br>I pledge to ban single use plastic cutlery for 1 week during EWWR in November 2019 and will review this at the end of the school year.	18/11/2019
91	Killowen P.S, Lisburn	We pledge to reduce single use plastic bottles in our school.	16/12/2019
92	Greenhaw Nursery and Primary School	I pledge to eliminate single use plastic bottles used in school during snack/ lunch and replace with reusable beverage bottles by June 2020. I pledge to work with the canteen staff in the hope of reducing plastic cutlery which is currently used on Friday's and when tubs of ice cream are served.	12/01/2020
93	Ampertaine Primary School	We pledge to remove single use plastic bottles from school by June 2020. We aim to always use a reusable bottle, refilling as necessary.	10/03/2020
94	St. Anthony's Primary School	As a school we pledge to ban all single use plastic drinks bottles.	05/03/2020
95	The Drelincourt School	We pledge to completely eliminate the use of straws at school, as we are now drinking our milk from reusable beakers and not milk cartons. <br>We also pledge to stop using plastic disposable cutlery during snack and lunch time, with the cooperation of the dinner lady. We were inclined to use plastics on a quick dessert day eg, yoghurt or ice cream, but are now pledging to use metal spoons.	12/11/2019
96	Donemana Primary School	DPS are pledging to reduce the amount of plastic waste within our school. We have banned the use of plastic straws. We are pledging to reduce the use of plastic cutlery, plastic bottles, plastic carrier bags and take away cups.	05/11/2019
97	Victoria P.S. Ballyhalbert	We pledge that by June 2020 our school will no longer use plastic straws for our milk or disposable cups for our PFA events. We will reduce the amount of packets and wrappers used in school and we will have a complete ban on plastic lunch bags for our school trips and on single use plastic water bottles in school.	16/12/2019
98	Camphill Primary School	Our school pledges to reduce plastic waste by taking part in 'Waste Free Lunches'. We will begin our pledge by introducing 'Waste Free Wednesdays', hoping that once the children and staff are in the routine of packing a waste free lunch, they will choose to bring one everyday. Waste free lunches will avoid using single use plastics such as cling film, sandwich bags, yoghurt pots etc. in favour for reusable tubs/food wrap.	12/11/2019
99	Leaney Primary School	We pledge to reduce the number of single use plastic bottles and carrier bags in our school.	25/06/2019
100	Whiteabbey Primary	As a school we plan to reduce the use of single use plastics. Each Wednesday we will hold Zero Waste Wednesdays. All staff and children are encouraged to bring their break and lunch in reusable containers.	20/11/2019
101	St. Joseph's Primary School, Bessbrook	We pledge to replace single-use milk straws with reusable cups by June 2020 and to reduce the number of plastic bottles used by children.	03/12/2019
102	St. Patrick's Primary	By the end of this school year to have most plastic water bottles replaced with reusable bottles.	08/11/2019
103	St Brendan's Primary School	To be free from single use plastic water bottles and have reusable bottles for all children in the school by the end of 2020.	07/11/2019
104	Holywood Primary School	To reduce our use of disposable plastic straws and work to replace them with metal reusable straws.	27/11/2019
105	St Tierney's Primary School	We will pledge to reduce the use of plastic straws during milk time in school. <br>It is our aim to eventually ban this use next year.	21/11/2019
106	St Malachy's P.S. Kilclief, Downpatrick	We plan to completely ban all single use plastic bottles from our school before the end of 2019. We will Refill & Reuse. All milk cartons for pupils will use paper straws.	30/07/2019
107	St Ronan’s College	We would like to reduce the use of plastic bottles in half and make pupils more aware of their actions.	07/10/2019
108	Ashfield Girls' High School	We pledge to reduce single use plastics in school by encouraging the use of refill bottles by June 2020.	17/10/2019
109	FIvemiletown College	Currently our canteen which worked independently from our school, disregard about 200 items of plastic cutlery daily. We know it as we have done a survey of the contents of their bins (they don't even recycle them or any other plastic packaging). <br>Our pledge is that we will endeavour to have them replaced by other means thus cutting down on more than 20,000 items annually.	11/10/2019
110	Thornfield House Special School	Thornfield House Special School Pledges to become a refill school. <br>Using only refillable water bottles by June 2020.	07/10/2019