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Do you know a school class full of clever cookies and creative thinkers? We need YOUR help.
We’ve got a brand-new fleet of food waste trucks that’s ready to roll…but there’s one thing missing – none of them have names. We’re looking for something a-peeling, pun-tastic and full of flavour.
That’s where we need your help. We’re inviting primary school classes to cook up the perfect names for our food waste collection trucks . It could be compost-clever, bin-brilliant or rubbish-ly funny – as long as it celebrates fighting food waste and helping the planet.
Every peel, crust and leftover that we collect will be turned into nutrient-rich compost, which helps our farms, gardens and environment to thrive.
The 20 best names will be printed on the trucks, and those classes will receive a £50 voucher. We'll then ask residents across Hastings, Rother and Wealden which one of these 20 is their favourite. The class who submitted this name, will get a visit from the truck with their chosen name.
Deadline: 6pm - 30 November 2025
Name suggestion samples:
Do you know a school class full of clever cookies and creative thinkers? We need YOUR help.
We’ve got a brand-new fleet of food waste trucks that’s ready to roll…but there’s one thing missing – none of them have names. We’re looking for something a-peeling, pun-tastic and full of flavour.
That’s where we need your help. We’re inviting primary school classes to cook up the perfect names for our food waste collection trucks . It could be compost-clever, bin-brilliant or rubbish-ly funny – as long as it celebrates fighting food waste and helping the planet.
Every peel, crust and leftover that we collect will be turned into nutrient-rich compost, which helps our farms, gardens and environment to thrive.
The 20 best names will be printed on the trucks, and those classes will receive a £50 voucher. We'll then ask residents across Hastings, Rother and Wealden which one of these 20 is their favourite. The class who submitted this name, will get a visit from the truck with their chosen name.
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Page last updated: 06 Oct 2025, 10:26 AM
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30 November 2025 (6pm)
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Submissions are closed.
08 December 2025
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20 shortlisted names will be announced.
09 December 2025
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Public voting is open (to choose overall best name).
31 January 2026 (6pm)
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Public voting closes.
06 February 2026
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Overall winner is announced.
Teacher Resources: There's lots of ways for your class to get involved.
1. Half term activity sheet
Hand out the Food Waste Competition flyer / activity sheet for pupils to complete over the half-term holiday. When they return, the class can vote for their favourite suggested name, and the teacher can submit this.
2. Classroom activity
Use one of the lesson plans provided to run a class discussion about food waste, why collecting it is important, and how we can reduce it. The activity ends with pupils creating name suggestions and voting on their favourite, which will be submitted by their teacher.
Share this News Article in your school newsletter to encourage families to talk about food waste at home and to get the children to think about creative names to put forward.
4. Assembly
Run an Assembly plan on food waste and the new collections. If you’d like, we can look to arrange for a local councillor to visit and give a talk to your pupils about why food waste matters. Please let us know if this would be of interest to you and we’ll do our best to set it up.