Local school children are being asked to name a fleet of new trucks that will collect residents’ food waste from the spring.
Sevenoaks District Council is introducing food waste collections from most homes from 27 April 2026 to help protect the environment.
The food waste will be collected in a brand-new fleet of eight energy efficient trucks.
Once collected, the food waste will be taken to a specialist facility and will be used to generate electricity as well as plant food for farmers.
To celebrate the new service, the Council is launching the waste truck naming competition. The competition is open to all primary school classes in the Sevenoaks District. The eight winning school classes will each receive a £50 shopping voucher of their choice.
Schools are being contacted with details of how to take part. Children and parents and guardians who would like to get involved are encouraged to speak to their class teacher.
The deadline for competition entries is 5pm on Friday 13 February 2026.
Enter the food waste truck school competition
View the competition terms and conditions.
Teacher resources
Introducing this new service is a great opportunity to help pupils understand the environmental benefits of food waste collections.
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Classroom activities
Use one of the lesson plans 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.
Lesson Plan - Reception and Year 1
Lesson Plan - Year 2 and Year 3
Lesson Plan - Year 4. Year 5 and year 6
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Newsletter article
Share this short 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.
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School Assembly
Run an assembly plan on food waste and the new collections.