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Your June edition of all things green in Medway...
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 Green School Awards
Let us celebrate children’s contributions to making our planet a greener, healthier place for us to live. Head to our website to find out more and nominate.
 Refit Update
Work has continued on the Re:fit programme, a £12million retrofit programme across our buildings which will make substantial energy and financial savings. As part of the first phase, we’ve be making improvements to 11 buildings, including solar panels which have already been installed at Gillingham and Lordswood libraries. Our latest updates include:
- LED lights completed at Medway Crematorium, Rochester Adult Education Centre and Library, The Brook Theatre, Phase 1 of Gun Wharf and Cuxton library.
- Waterless urinals installed at The Central Theatre and Medway Park Leisure Centre.
- Low-flow showers installed at Medway Park Leisure Centre.
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 Take part in the recycling survey and support the circular economy
The BLUEPRINT Circular Economy Project is working to improve recycling in flats. To support their work, please fill out a short 5 minute survey about recycling.
You do not need to live in a flat to fill in this survey.
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 Refill – life with less plastic, made easy
The award-winning environmental campaign Refill aims to help people live with less plastic by allowing businesses and organisations to sign up as a Refill station and offer free tap water refills to anyone who brings in a reusable bottle.
The app can also support you to find plastic free coffee, lunch, and shopping.
 Could Refill benefit your business?
Research has shown that:
- 64% of consumers are more likely to return for future purchases if they can refill their water bottle.
- 62% of consumers would choose a business who offers Refill over a competitor.
64 businesses have already signed up in Medway and this is your chance to join a global movement that has 30,000 Refill Stations 100 million pieces of plastic avoided to date.
The Medway Food Partnership can support your Refill journey by offering Refill stickers to go on your business window, as we have found that many people do not like to request for water when unsure if it is offered for free, so stickers put them at ease and beckon them in. Once signed up, your business will also be shown on the Refill app, which has over 300,000 downloads.
If you would like to find out more about the Refill scheme, and want to sign up as a Refill station, please email foodpartnership@medway.gov.uk.
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Poet-Tree Competition
The winners for our Poet-Tree Competition have been announced!
We received such a wonderful collection of poems, all of them showing the passion our young people have for the environment. You can read all about the competition and the winners here.
Winning poem by Poppy, Year 5, Lordswood School
 I'm Waiting, I'm Waiting!
I'm waiting I'm waiting,
I'm waiting to be found.
I'm waiting to lay in my bed of mud and dirt,
and covered in the blanket of soil.
I'm waiting to be buried in the ground.
I'm waiting, I'm waiting.
I'm waiting to grow,
I'm waiting to drink,
I'm waiting to glow,
I'm waiting for a shower,
I'm waiting to become a flower.
I'm Waiting, I'm Waiting,
I'm still waiting,
For now I'm nothing more,
I'm just a little rose seed waiting to score.
Poppy Frost Year 5 Hazel
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 REMINDER – Take part in our Climate Change Action Plan survey and have your say!
We would like to understand more about your thoughts on climate change and what is important to you. We would also like to understand how informed you feel about climate change action in Medway.Â
Taking part in our survey will help us to improve our engagement programme and support further collective climate change action.
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Visit our What’s Going On page to find out more about climate events in Medway.
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