Enter our Zellar Green Schools competition today and win green prizes for your schoool plus £1,000 for your next environmental project!
To enter just send us a photo of your sustainability project with a short description, that you’re most proud of.
As long as it’s helping to improve the environment anything goes. So whether it’s a biodiversity garden that’s attracting pollinators, a water harvesting programme capturing rainwater to water plants or even a upcycling project that’s turning waste into useful items - we’d love to see it.
To increase your chances of winning, you can share your entry on facebook here, as well as instagram and X. Just tag #zellargreenschools and @zellaruk.
More information including our terms and conditions can be viewed here.
We invite all entrants to tag Earth Cubs, Biffa and Water Plus who have provided prizes, however this is not required to enter.
The prizes!
Two winning schools: 4-11 years and 11-18 years will receive the following prizes. Competition prizes are provided by Zellar, Earth Cubs, Water Plus and Biffa.
£1,000 towards an environmental project in their school, championed by Zellar and Water Plus.
A half day energy audit to show how to save energy and reduce CO2 emissions across their school site. A one page high level summary recommendation report will be shared.
A virtual waste saving call, which will explain how to save waste across a school site.
A one-day Water Efficiency Visit which will explain how to save water across a school site. For sites in mainland England and mainland Scotland this will be onsite. For Wales and islands of UK, this will be a virtual water saving call.
Two 227-litre water butts provided by water retailer Water Plus to help reuse rainwater and reduce tap water use for outdoor growing projects, to support wildlife, biodiversity, health and wellbeing.
School 4-11 years winner will also receive the following prize:
Earth Cubs will provide the primary school winner class of its choice a free 30-minute virtual sustainability session to inspire and engage children to have a more sustainable future with lots of fun facts.
Competition Close Dates
The competition will run from Monday 19th February 2024 until 11.59pm Sunday 16th June 2024.
Two winning schools: 4-11 years and 11-18 years will be chosen at random.
The winners will be announced on Thurs 27th June 2024
Terms and Conditions
Consent for Photos Featuring Children, Pupils, Teachers & Staff: It is the responsibility of the school to ensure that they have the necessary permissions and rights to submit photos featuring children, pupils and staff and the required permissions for such photos to be used by Zellar, Earth Cubs, Water Plus and Biffa in relation to the Green Schools Competition on their websites and in any of its internal publications; its external press releases; and external content including for use across external social media channels. Zellar reserves the right to disqualify any entry that does not comply with these requirements or violates the rights of others.
Terms and Conditions apply. Please visit: https://www.zellar.com/green-schools-terms-and-conditions
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