In November 2005, Falkirk Schools were asked to participate in a competition to collect old clothes, shoes, bed linen and towels for recycling.
The competition was open to all schools in the area and in total 17 primary, secondary and nursery schools took part. They collected a massive 3.04 tonnes of rextiles in total.
The textiles were collected by Nathans Wastesavers, a textile recycling company, based in Denny.
The competition was won by Blackness Primary school, who collected the greatest weight of textiles per pupil, with Limerigg Primary and Queen Street Nursery in Second and Third places. These schools won prizes of £150, £100, £50.
The top 10 schools are shown below.
Textile recycling
|
School
|
Pupils
|
Total weight (kg)
|
Weight per pupil (kg)
|
|
Blackness Primary School
|
40
|
395
|
9.87
|
|
Limerigg Primary School
|
32
|
246
|
7.69
|
|
Queen Street Nursery
|
70
|
145
|
2.07
|
|
Maddiston Primary School
|
285
|
496
|
1.74
|
|
Camelon Children's Centre
|
80
|
118
|
1.47
|
|
Shieldhill Primary School
|
305
|
405
|
1.33
|
|
Larbert Day Nursery
|
84
|
100
|
1.19
|
|
Carron Primary School
|
391
|
430
|
1.10
|
|
Denny Primary School
|
243
|
172
|
0.71
|
|
Head of Muir Primary School
|
360
|
186
|
0.52
|
As part of their first prize, Blackness Primary School Eco Group were escorted on a visit to Nathans textile recycling facility in Denny and received a guided tour of the plant to see what happens to textiles collected for recycling in the Falkirk area.
