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Stories from Gullbrae

Eddie drives the recycling lorry and knows everyone on his round. When a question is tricky, he asks the friend who really knows. Every story ends with one thing to try at home.

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Six stories to begin with, each on a different subject. Every story is short enough to read together in a few minutes.

Food waste Hamish’s short menu Where do the potato peelings go? Eddie asks Amina at the bio plant, and Fiona explains why scraps are never Hamish’s lunch. Ages 5 to 7 with a grown-up · 8 to 11 · learning pack Bin colours Buddy and the colour puzzle Buddy brings four bin pictures to class. Can a colour tell you where things go? Zara asks a useful question. A draft story for school and home Saving food Wee Bin and the saved supper Eat or save good food first. Only the scraps go in the caddy. A draft story for school and home Repair The wobbly chair A grown-up checks if something can be fixed, then mends it. A draft story for school and home Reuse The island bottle Take your own refillable bottle, and follow the island’s bin rules. A draft story for school and home Wildlife A seal having a rest A seal is resting on the beach, so the friends give it space. A draft story for school and home

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Food waste Hamish’s short menu Where do the potato peelings go? Eddie asks Amina at the bio plant, and Fiona explains why scraps are never Hamish’s lunch. Ages 5 to 7 with a grown-up · 8 to 11 · learning pack Bin colours Buddy and the colour puzzle Buddy brings four bin pictures to class. Can a colour tell you where things go? Zara asks a useful question. A draft story for school and home Food Less left over Plan what you need, and count what you already have. A draft story for school and home Repair The useful noticeboard Ask what still works before buying a new one. A draft story for school and home Food and reuse The shared picnic Plan a picnic for the people coming, and bring the kit home to use again. A draft story for school and home Repair The castle newcomers Say hello before you guess, and ask what is still useful. A draft story for school and home Reuse A room and a welcome Think about what a guest needs, and use the good things you already have. A draft story for school and home Reuse The cupboard with a new chapter Ask what still works, and give an old thing a useful new job. A draft story for school and home Litter The wrapper outside the parlour A tidy shop front and closed packaging stop litter blowing away. A draft story for school and home Reuse A refill before the crossing Take the bottle you already have on the ferry. A draft story for school and home Bin rules The visitor who used to be a child Old neighbours keep good habits and learn the new bin rules. A draft story for school and home Reuse An Italian Scot gets the joke first A joke can help you remember a good tip. A draft story for school and home Getting it right Two Tommys and two shops Two neighbours can share a nickname and do different jobs. A draft story for school and home Bin rules The old good idea Reusing is always useful, even when bin rules change. A draft story for school and home Reuse What can we do today Turn a big idea into one thing you can do today. A draft story for school and home Repair The noticeboard repair A mended noticeboard can share helpful, checked information. A draft story for school and home Bin rules A new neighbour at Tommy’s A friendly place shares tips without telling anyone off. A draft story for school and home Reuse Welcome by name Working together changes minds and helps newcomers belong. A draft story for school and home Repair The wobbly chair A grown-up checks if something can be fixed, then mends it. A draft story for school and home Reuse Welcome with a refill A friendly welcome helps visitors reuse and follow the island’s rules. A draft story for school and home Reuse The visitor’s useful choice Visitors can enjoy the island and follow its rules. A draft story for school and home Repair The repaired planter Mending a garden tool can keep it working for years. A draft story for school and home Food waste A proper lunch for the hens Hens need proper feed. Kitchen scraps go in the caddy. A draft story for school and home Bin day One useful answer Checking your bin day can lead to learning something new. A draft story for school and home Repair Use it again Before you throw something away, ask: can it be reused or mended? A draft story for school and home Collection day The wee visitors at the window Keep what is still useful, and thank everyone on the bin crew. A draft story for school and home Collection day The lorry looks different today Different bins can be collected by different lorries. A draft story for school and home Collection day The biggest wave Wave to the bin crew from a safe place. A draft story for school and home Reuse My little model lorry Clean boxes and tubs can be used again for crafts, with a grown-up’s help. A draft story for school and home Joining in Many ways to join in Children can show what they know by speaking, drawing or choosing a picture. A draft story for school and home Collection day Two crew members and one big wave Everyone on the bin crew has their own job. A draft story for school and home Reuse One bottle there and back One bottle can last you the whole day out. A draft story for school and home Repair The planter drawing Your idea counts, even when a grown-up does the mending. A draft story for school and home Reuse One bottle for the trip Pack things you already have and can use again. A draft story for school and home Growing The garden over time Growing takes time and care. A draft story for school and home Repair Rowan’s planter drawing Children can have the ideas. Grown-ups do the mending. A draft story for school and home Reuse Crates with another trip Strong crates can make the same useful trip again and again. A draft story for school and home Food Good produce first Buy what you will eat, so less food is left over. A draft story for school and home Saving food Wee Bin and the saved supper Eat or save good food first. Only the scraps go in the caddy. A draft story for school and home Food waste The hens’ lunch Kitchen scraps are not hen food. Hens need proper feed. A draft story for school and home Reuse The refill detective Look for a proper water refill point. Don’t guess. A draft story for school and home Planning A changed plan When plans change, stay calm and stay safe. A draft story for school and home Planning A delayed crossing When the ferry is late, waste is stored safely and the plan changes. A draft story for school and home Planning The busy week plan The island plans for busy times and quiet times. A draft story for school and home Planning Winter morning summer queue More summer visitors means more work on the island. A draft story for school and home Reuse The island bottle Take your own refillable bottle, and follow the island’s bin rules. A draft story for school and home Planning The weekly island run Getting island waste to the mainland takes careful planning. A draft story for school and home Collection day The secure load Different materials are kept apart and moved safely by the right people. A draft story for school and home Collection day The blocked path Keep the pavement and road clear on bin day. A draft story for school and home Materials The mystery material Not sure what something is made of? Check before you sort. A draft story for school and home Helping the town The other uniform A shop and a fire station: everyone in town has their own job. A draft story for school and home Food waste The wrapper question Food scraps and packaging go different ways. A draft story for school and home Getting to know people The tall arrival Get to know people by what they do, not by their nickname. A draft story for school and home Food waste The smallest crew Eddie finds out who the bio plant’s smallest workers really are. A draft story for school and home Food waste Two useful branches Zara learns why the bio plant’s two routes go to two different places. A draft story for school and home Food waste The two arrows Eddie’s one label becomes two when Zara spots the second arrow. A draft story for school and home Food waste The question everyone had Zara asks what really happens inside the bio plant tanks. A draft story for school and home Farming Give the field time Eddie learns why a field must wait before Hamish can graze it. A draft story for school and home Farming The grass lunch Eddie follows the fertiliser branch all the way to Hamish’s grass lunch. A draft story for school and home Farming The field is not the feed trough Eddie wonders if the fertiliser is Hamish’s dinner. Fiona sets him straight. A draft story for school and home Farming Hamish’s second breakfast Distillery leftovers, farm feed and Hamish’s grass: each has its own place. A draft story for school and home Farming The short menu Eddie plans a grand lunch, but Hamish only wants grass. A draft story for school and home Farming A season at the farm Rowan draws Hamish’s field through a season of weather, time and care. A draft story for school and home Collection day A different compartment Zara learns lorries differ, and to label by material, not colour. A draft story for school and home Materials The town’s route cards The class learns that different materials take different journeys. A draft story for school and home Materials The paper’s next chapter Priya follows old paper through the mill to a new roll. A draft story for school and home Reuse Timber with another job Reuse, recycling and energy recovery are three different things. A draft story for school and home Materials The bottle’s two routes Two matching bottles take two very different routes. A draft story for school and home Litter Where did the bottle begin Zara wonders where a shore bottle began, and finds where to stop it. A draft story for school and home Litter The shore after the rain After the rain, Arthur and Eddie learn to fasten things before they go. A draft story for school and home Wildlife A seal having a rest A seal is resting on the beach, so the friends give it space. A draft story for school and home Wildlife Recovery and prevention Trained teams give care, and the town helps by keeping things secure. A draft story for school and home Reuse A box and a fish An old cardboard-to-caviar story, and why we check what is true today. A draft story for school and home Water Water is part of the story A fish picture stops too soon, so Zara asks what else belongs. A draft story for school and home Water power The stream at the castle Hugo shows how moving water, not the pipe, makes electricity. A draft story for school and home Farming The grain with another job Leftover grain from the distillery gets checked for a new job as farm feed. A draft story for school and home Energy recovery Heat for the stills Eddie learns that making heat from leftovers is energy recovery. A draft story for school and home Co-products Three useful paths One batch, one place to go: Zara sorts the planning board. A draft story for school and home Fish farming The tiny ingredient Tiny algae make one useful ingredient in a balanced fish diet. A draft story for school and home Food waste A busy summer The shopkeepers plan for summer so good food reaches people. A draft story for school and home Wind power The washing machine with another job An old washing-machine part gets a new job, but the wind gives the energy. A draft story for school and home

81 stories so far, all drafts waiting for an educator’s review. See the full story guide.