Veolia Carbon Boot Print

Thanks to a major contribution from Veolia we have taken a pilot project we started in 2009 supported by the Football League Trust and the Environment Agency and developed a fully rolled out programme for 2010/11.

Veolia Environmental Services is the UK’s leading recycling and waste management company with over 12,000 employees across the UK and a major presence in Derbyshire. The company works for local authorities and commercial businesses with operations in High Peaks, Amber Valley, Chesterfield, Swadlincote, Alvaston and Castle Donington.

The Veolia Carbon Boot Print is a six week scheme of work designed to increase the children’s awareness of the environment and how they can make lifestyle choices to improve their carbon footprint. Each week of the Boot Print delivery, represents a different topic with a classroom based exercise followed by a practical session designed to reinforce the points learned during the session. Topics include transport, recycling and the resulting carbon footprint, with children encouraged throughout the six weeks to recycle enough paper waste to fill Rams keeper Stephen Bywater’s 6ft 4” frame.

Simon Carnall, Community Manager here at DCITC said "We are absolutely delighted to be working in partnership with Veolia and look forward to delivering the Veolia Carbon Boot Print over the coming academic year. We have a number of schools who are desperate to be involved in the programme already and I am sure that that number will rise again once they see the quality of the programme. With Veolia’s support moving forward I am positive that the Veolia Carbon Boot Print will not only be a flagship scheme for us on a local level but one that is acknowledged and recognised nationally as a model of good practice."

Kevin Hurst, Veolia Environmental Services’ Marketing & Communications Director said: “This is a fantastic initiative with Derby County which helps local children learn good habits about sustainability in a fun and exciting way. We have a lot of staff working in the Derby area who are right behind the scheme which we think will go from strength to strength as more children learn the benefits of recycling, energy conservation and exercise.”

For more information please contact Paul Newman, Community Manager on 01332 667575 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it