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	EnviroGrant makes gardeners out of Jeffries School pupils 16 July 2010 Pupils at Jeffries Primary School, Kirkby are soon to become gardeners in their very own allotment, thanks to a £300 donation from Veolia Environmental Services Nottinghamshire’s new EnviroGrant scheme. The Harcourt Street Allotment Association has donated a piece of land to the pupils, which will be turned into a thriving allotment for them to enjoy. The school has set up an allotment club which will encourage pupils to be more aware of where food comes from and how it is grown. The club will also encourage them to develop an understanding of healthy eating; and will encourage the development of children’s social skills, especially those with special educational needs such as autism. Amy Roberts, Waste Awareness Officer at Veolia ES Nottinghamshire (Nottinghamshire County Council’s waste management contractor), says: “We are delighted to be helping Jeffries School pupils realise their dream of running their own allotment. Our EnviroGrant donation will be used to pay for basic equipment for the children such as wellingtons, cagoules, high-visibility vests and gloves, as well as gardening equipment to ensure that their new allotment gets off to a strong start.” Alan Cooke, Secretary of Harcourt Street Allotment Association, says: “Veolia’s EnviroGrant donation will enable community cohesion between the local Allotment Association and the pupils of Jeffries Primary School. It will also enable the children to gain a positive learning experience about nature and how it sustains life.” Veolia Environmental Services Nottinghamshire’s EnviroGrant is a fund to which not-for-profit community groups based in the county of Nottinghamshire (excluding the city of Nottingham) can apply for grants of up to £1,000 for projects which improve their local environment. For an information leaflet, please visit http://www.veoliaenvironmentalservices.co.uk/nottinghamshire/pages/envirograntscheme.asp or email nottsenquiries@veolia.co.uk [Ends] Notes to the Editor Since 2006 Veolia Environmental Services, via a dedicated subsidiary, Veolia Environmental Services Nottinghamshire Ltd; has been helping Nottinghamshire County Council to manage household waste created in the County. Over the life of the 26 year PFI waste management contract Veolia ES Nottinghamshire will help to increase recycling to 52% by 2020 / 21 and to significantly reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. To date, Veolia ES Nottinghamshire has: • Provided waste awareness and education initiatives across the County • Provided a Materials Recovery Facility in Mansfield, which has the capacity to handle around 85,000 tonnes per year of mixed dry recyclables from Nottinghamshire households. This includes paper, cardboard, plastic bottles and metal tins / cans • Established a new, split-level Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) to serve Worksop • Taken over the management of some of the County’s Household Waste Recycling Centres, establishing a unified approach and increasing standards at the sites to help maximise recycling levels achieved • Refurbished several of the HWRCs to make them more modern and user-friendly • Used existing, planned, constructed and licensed landfill sites to take residual waste from Nottinghamshire households In the future, Veolia ES Nottinghamshire plans to: • Create a network of new transfer stations to serve Newark and Worksop • Utilise existing sites at Giltbrook and south Nottingham to receive and handle waste and recyclables from Borough and District council collections • Continue our long-term refurbishment programme of the HWRCs • Construct an 180,000 tonne per year Energy Recovery Facility in the Mansfield / Ashfield area to convert residual waste into power. The 15MW of energy recovered from the energy recovery process would be the equivalent of providing power to around 22,000 homes • Provide a new composting facility in central Nottinghamshire and to utilise other existing composting sites, to handle a total of 100,000 tonnes of green waste per year • Continue providing waste awareness and education initiatives across the County, in partnership with Nottinghamshire County Council Veolia Environmental Services, part of the Veolia Environnement Group, is the UK’s leading waste management company. With a sizeable presence throughout the UK, mainland Europe and the world, Veolia Environmental Services employs 105,000 people worldwide, servicing more than 79 million customers in over 32 countries. Veolia Environmental Services is the only global provider of a full range of services for handling hazardous and non-hazardous solid and liquid waste. It provides waste management and logistics services as well as materials recovery and recycling. Veolia Environmental Services generated revenue of €9.05 billion in 2009. Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE and NYSE: VE) is the worldwide reference in environmental services. The company has operations all around the world and provides tailored solutions to meet the needs of municipal and industrial customers in four complementary segments: water management, waste management, energy management and freight and passenger transportation. Veolia Environnement recorded revenue of €34.5 billion in 2009. Further information can be obtained by visiting the websites: www.veolia.co.uk www.veoliaenvironnement.com Veolia Environnement is proud to be the title sponsor of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition

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