Design a Recycling Superhero | #RecycleWeek

We need your help to design a Recycling Superhero! A hero character that can be as creative and bold as your imagination!

To coincide with Recycle Week 2021, we’d like the Recycling Superhero to encourage more people to sort the correct recyclable items into the right bin to ensure as much of material as possible is recycled. 

• Competition entries should be no larger than A4 size. 
• Entries can be submitted by email to sustainability@enva.com or by post to Superhero Competition, Enva Scotland Limited, 49 Burnbrae Road, Linwood, Renfrewshire PA3 3BD. 
• Closing date for entries is Friday 8.10.21. Remember to include contact details with the competition entry.
• Three winners will be selected from the entries received, with 1st prize being awarded a £50 gift voucher, second prize a £30 gift voucher and third prize a £20 gift voucher.

Good luck! We look forward to receiving your character design.

Recycling Superhero Entry Form (PDF) | Competition T&C’s

What does it take to become an everyday Recycling Superhero? Download our guide and complete the activities. The guide introduces waste segregation and choosing the right bin for recycling, then what happens after it's been collected and taken back to the materials recycling facility before being turned into new products. 

Activity Pack Download (PDF)

Sorting the right recyclable items into the right bin means they won’t needlessly end up in landfill.  When it’s done right, recycling is one of the easiest everyday actions we can take to reduce our carbon footprint. 

We have shared easy-to-follow Do’s and Don’t posters to help maximise recycling success for Dry Mixed Recycling (Paper, Cardboard, Plastic and Metals), Food Waste, Glass and General Waste streams. Segregating waste saves time as well as the environment.

Unsure of where to recycle items?

In Scotland, to coincide with Recycle Week, Zero Waste Scotland has launched its Recycling Sorter, a new digital recycling tool will allow Scots to search what items can be recycled, and in which bin, in any Scottish local authority. Link here: Zero Waste Scotland: Recycling Sorter. 

Recycle Now’s Recycling Locator can show you exactly what needs to go in the recycling bin where you live across the UK. Link here: Recycle Now: Recycling Locator. 

Recycle Week, which takes place between 20 - 26 September, is the annual UK-wide campaign to raise awareness of the importance of recycling. The 2021 campaign builds on the momentum from earlier Recycle Week campaigns with this year’s theme: Step It Up this Recycle Week.

Latest research from Recycle Now reveals that almost 9 out of 10 people now recycle. However, 55% of households put items in the general rubbish bin that can be recycled; including foil, aerosols, and plastic toiletry (shampoo and conditioner bottles), plastic trays and cleaning and bleach bottles. This is where we need to ‘Step It Up’. 

Sorting the right recyclable items into the right bin means they won’t needlessly end up in landfill.  When it’s done right, recycling is one of the easiest everyday actions we can take to reduce our carbon footprint. 

We can all help fight climate change by recycling because recycling currently saves 18 million tonnes of CO2 every year, which is the same as taking 12 million cars off the road. You can do your bit by recycling as much as you can.

Read more: Recycle Week 2021 | Read more: Enva and ScotRail Working in Partnership

The Design a Recycling Superhero competition is being run by Enva in partnership with ScotRail's Environmental team in support of Recycle Week 2021. 

Competition entries should be no larger than A4 size. 

Entries can be submitted by email to sustainability@enva.com or by post to Superhero Competition, Enva Scotland Limited, 49 Burnbrae Road, Linwood, Renfrewshire PA3 3BD. 

The competition is open from Wednesday 22.09.21 until Friday 8.10.21.

Three winners will be selected from the entries received, with 1st prize being awarded a £50 gift voucher, second prize a £30 gift voucher and third prize a £20 gift voucher.

The judge’s decision is final. Winners will be notified using the contact details provided with the competition entry, please ensure these have been included. Competition is open to UK and ROI residents.

All artwork submitted must be the original work of the individual who has entered, and the young person must be aged 12 or under. A Parent/ Guardian over 18 should submit the entry and include contact details. By entering the competition, you agree to entries being shared via Enva and ScotRail communication and media platforms.

Unfortunately, we are unable to return entries received.

For further information, please complete the Contact Us form or email sustainability@enva.com.