This year's Recycle Week (14-20 October 2024) theme is Rescue Me - Recycle! It's all about saving our recyclables from the general waste bin and giving them a new life.
To make recycling fun, we’re running a “Design a Leeds Recycling Superhero” competition for primary school aged children (ages 4-11), with fantastic cash prizes for schools up for grabs, sponsored by HW Martin ltd.
To enter:
Download the entry form from this page, pick up a copy from your local Leeds library or just use a blank piece of paper!
Design your superhero using your pens, pencils or crayons and imagination!
Submit your masterpiece to rescueme@leeds.gov.uk by midnight on Sunday 3 November 2024
Good luck, young eco-warriors! We can’t wait to see your amazing designs!
Prizes up for grabs!
1st prize - £100 and a Rescue Me board game for your school
2nd prize - £50 for your school
3rd prize - £50 for your school
Competition Terms and Condition
1. The Promoter of the competition is Leeds City Council of Civic Hall, Leeds, LS1 1UR.
2. The prize sponsor is HW Martin Waste ltd.
3. The competition ‘Design a Leeds Recycling Superhero’ is open to primary school aged children (aged 4-11 years) resident in Leeds, UK only (this is defined as the Leeds City Council tax boundary). Children of Leeds City Council employees who directly work for Environmental Services are ineligible to enter the competition.
4. Entry into the competition shall constitute deemed acceptance of these terms and conditions so please read them carefully before entering. The Promoter reserves the right to refuse entry to the competition or refuse to award the prize to anyone who is in breach of these terms and conditions.
5. The competition is free to enter and no purchase is necessary. There is no limit on the number of entries.
6. The competition is open from 9am Monday 14 October 2024 – Sunday 3 November 2024 at midnight.
7. Any entries received after the competition closing date of Sunday 3 November 2024 will not be accepted and will be automatically disqualified.
8. To enter, participants must draw a picture of their interpretation of a ‘Leeds recycling superhero’. Pictures can be drawn on the competition entry form or a blank piece of paper. Entries must be submitted by email to rescueme@leeds.gov.uk
9. Any Leeds recycling superhero design submitted as an entry to this competition must have been created by the young person (aged 4-11) entering the competition. The entering of the competition is confirmation that the person submitting owns the intellectual property rights to the design.
10. Judging:
(i) The competition will be judged by a panel of three judges. The decision of the panel of judges (acting reasonably) will be final.
(ii) The three best entries will be chosen, by the panel of judges, to win one of the prizes after the closing date, Sunday 3 November 2024.
11. One winner will receive a first place prize of £100 plus a Rescue Me recycling board game – both for their school. One winner will receive a second place prize of £50 for their school. One winner will win a third place prize of £50 for their school.
12. The prize is non-exchangeable, non-transferable, and is not redeemable for cash or other prizes.
13. The Promoter will not accept responsibility for any costs associated with the prize that are not specifically included in the prize.
14. The winners will be notified by email within 28 days of the close of the competition. If the Promoter does not receive a response to the message notifying the winner within 72 hours of its first attempt at contact, the winner rejects their prize, the entry is subsequently found to be invalid and in breach of these terms and conditions, that winner’s prize will be forfeited and the Promoter shall be entitled to select another winner using the procedure above.
15. The intellectual property rights of any Leeds recycling superhero design submitted shall remain with the person who created the content and entered the competition, however, the creator of the Leeds recycling superhero design by entering the competition shall grant a non-exclusive, non-assignable licence to the Promotor, to use the content in future publicity.
16. Winners may be required to participate in publicity related to the competition which may include the publication of their name, age, school, class and photograph in any media.
17. Personal data supplied during the course of this competition may be passed on to third parties only in so far as required for delivery of the prize.
18. The Promoter reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, this competition with or without prior notice due to reasons outside its control.
19. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any damage, loss, liabilities, injury or disappointment incurred or suffered as a result of entering the competition or accepting the prize. Nothing shall exclude the liability of the Promoter for death or personal injury as a result of its negligence.
20. The Promoter’s decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
How will the climate emergency affect Leeds?
Climate change will directly impact Leeds by increasing the frequency of flooding, heatwaves, and wildfires; by threatening much of our local wildlife; and by making our food more expensive to buy and grow. These changes will be noticed by everyone but they will be experienced very differently—making it harder to reduce racial, economic and health inequalities.
Worldwide, tens of millions of people will lose their homes to extreme heat or rising sea levels and many of those displaced are expected to migrate to temperate countries such as the UK. As a diverse and global city, many of our own residents also have family and friends in nations which will be worst affected by the changing climate.
Although the climate is already changing, by acting now we can protect the city from its worst impacts, create new good quality jobs and make Leeds a better place to live. It’s a unique opportunity to improve our lives and make our city happier, healthier and fairer for everyone.
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