ASDA 'Green Goodies for Schools' programme
In 2007 EcoStyle supplied 1,500 Wind
Turbine Kits to ASDA as part of their 'Green Goodies for Schools'
voucher scheme. More than 3,000 primary and secondary schools signed up
for the first phase of the ASDA scheme, with six million ASDA green goodies
for schools vouchers available:
Shoppers are being encouraged either not to use a bag at all or to bring
their own bags into stores. Shoppers who do not take a new bag when shopping
will be rewarded with 'Green Goodies for Schools' vouchers.
The 10-week scheme aims to cut down on landfill waste whilst giving something
back to local communities - local schools can exchange the vouchers for
a host of green goodies, including aluminium can crushers, bug hotels,
ant farms, DIY greenhouses, papermaking kits, and model wind turbines.
Claire Costello, ASDA's anti-bags tsar said: "It's simply not sustainable
to keep throwing away billions of bags each year. That's why we want our
customers to change the habit of a lifetime. If you bring back five old
bags, we'll give you a free bag for life and if you resist the temptation
to take any new bags we'll give you green vouchers for your local school."