THE HIDDEN TREASURE HUNT – TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The Hidden Treasure Hunt is a Waste Week 2022 competition for schools, inviting communities to take their unwanted electricals and tech to their nearest Currys store to be recycled. There are a range of Microsoft tech voucher prizes for schools with high levels of community participation and also a prize draw to provide all participating schools a chance to win.

Schools’ eligibility

• You are eligible for entry to the Hidden Treasure Hunt if you are a school, located in the UK, are registered with the Pod (free registration: https://jointhepod.org/registration/registration-form-teacher) and have signed up to the Pod’s Waste Week 2022 campaign (https://jointhepod.org/campaigns/waste-week-2022).
• Schools must have a Hidden Treasure Hunt unique code to participate. Registered schools who have signed up to the Pod’s Waste Week 2022 campaign will receive a unique code, specific to their school, that can be used to identify their school when individuals register their recycling on hiddentreaurehunt.org, after taking their unwanted electrical or tech items to a Currys store to be recycled.
• The prize draw will select from all schools that are registered for Waste Week on this site (https://www.jointhepod.org/campaigns/waste-week-2022) who have received at least one successfully completed Hidden Treasure Hunt recycling registration/ school nomination on this site (www.org) during the competition period.

Public eligibility to enter data on behalf of school

• Individuals/ families must take unwanted electricals and tech to a Currys store between 17 March-14 April 2022 to be able to register their recycling by completing the online form on this website (hiddentreasurehunt.org) for their recycling registration to be counted towards their schools total.
• One nomination per person/ per identifiable email address can be made for a school, regardless of the number of unwanted electricals items given for recycling at Currys during the competition.
• The number of items given in to Currys stores for recycling does not change the nature of the entry/ school nomination; any number of items donated for recycling equal one school nomination.
• During the competition period (17th March – 14th April 2022) only one ‘Cash for Trash’ £5 voucher (that can be redeemed when purchasing items worth £25 or more) can be given per person, regardless of the number of items or store visits during the competition period.
• Additional terms and conditions apply regarding receiving and using the £5 Currys ‘Cash for Trash’ vouchers including but not limited to timeframe for usage. Please refer to details provided on the Currys Cash for Trash voucher for further details.
• Individuals (over 18 years) that have given electrical or tech items into Currys for recycling must enter the following details into the ‘register your recycling’ online form on this website (www.hiddentreasurehunt.org) ; their email address, number of items donated (up to 8 item per category), store in which they were donated, date of donation, an indication of the types of items donated and unique school code, to complete a recognised school nomination
• By submitting the details contained in the ‘register your recycling’ form, the individual submitting the information agrees for Wastebuster/ The Pod (jointhepod.org) to capture their data in accordance with the full Waste Week Hidden Treasure Hunt competition terms (see https://www.jointhepod.org/legal#WW22) and Wastebusters Privacy Policy (see https://www.jointhepod.org/privacy-policy)
• Data captured when entering donation details will be used by Wastebuster to identify and contact the winning schools as per the competition terms and will be shared with the Waste Week/ Hidden Treasure Hunt sponsors, Currys, Recycle Your Electricals and Microsoft to understand what electrical and tech items have been recycled during the Hidden Treasure Hunt competition.
• Recycling registrations on this site (hiddentreasurehunt.org) can be taken from 17^{th of} March to midnight on the 14^th April 2022. After this date, recycling registration will not count towards a school’s total, even if the electrical or tech items were taken to Currys to be recycled before this closing date/time.

The Hidden Treasure Hunt Competition

• The Hidden Treasure Hunt competition runs from 17 March-14 April 2022.
• The competition closes at midnight on 14^th April 2022.
• Prize winners will be notified by email within 14 working days of the competition closing.
• No alternative prizes are available.
• The promoters reserve the right to provide substitute prizes.
• Unclaimed prizes: if for any reason a winning school cannot be contacted or is unresponsive for one month after the closing date, a different winner will be selected.
• Participating schools are each provided with a unique code that is used to complete a ‘register your recycling’ form on this site (www.org) that on successful completion, constitutes a recycling registration. Each successful completion of the form constitutes one school nomination. The total number of school nominations can be seen in the school totaliser on this site (www.hiddentreasurehunt.org). The school with the most nominations (recycling registrations using their unique code) wins the Hidden Treasure Hunt top prize.
• Schools are ranked on the school leader board on this site (www.org) in order of the number of school nominations (recycling registrations completed during the competition, that have entered their unique school code).
• There are prizes for schools placed first, second and third on the leader board at the time of competition close (midnight 14^th April 2022). If there is more than one school in the same placement, the prize will be divided evenly between the schools with the same number of school nominations (recycling registrations using their unique school code).
• The prizes available which will be directly awarded to participating schools are as follows:
  • £5,000 Microsoft tech vouchers for the school in first place
  • £2,000 Microsoft tech vouchers for the school in second place
  • £1,000 Microsoft tech vouchers for the school in third place
  • 4x £500 Microsoft tech vouchers for the school’s in a prize draw
• The prize draw will select from all schools that are registered for Waste Week on this site (https://www.jointhepod.org/campaigns/waste-week-2022) who have received at least one successfully completed Hidden Treasure Hunt recycling registration/ school nomination on this site (www.org) during the competition period.
• By winning any prize in the competition you agree to have recognition of your school promoted as the winner of the prize in all campaign communications by Wastebuster and the Waste Week Hidden Treasure Hunt campaign partners (Currys, Recycle your Electricals and Microsoft). You also agree to provide a quotation in recognition of your prize winning, that can be used in Waste Week and Hidden Treasure Hunt communications.
• Wastebuster reserves the right to change or cancel this competition at any stage and without prior notice, if it deems necessary, or if circumstances arise outside of its control.
• If you have any questions or concerns, please email contact_us@jointhepod.org.
• This promotion will be governed by the laws of England and Wales. 

How we will use your information

As part of the donation details an email address is requested

Apart from the usage given above, we will not share your personal information with any other organisations for marketing, market research or commercial purposes, nor will we pass on your details to other websites.

Other information from the donation details will be used to find the winning school’s as well as helping to identify areas of high participation and the common types of electricals and tech being donated into Currys stores for recycling.

Promoters and partners

• The promoter is Wastebuster CIC (company number: 05883640) whose registered address is at: The Bothy, Albury Park, Albury, Guildford, Surrey. GU5 9BH (www.co.uk)
• For avoidance of doubt Wastebuster CIC owns The Pod (www.org)
• The Hidden Treasure Hunt is run by Wastebuster CIC through The Pod and supported by the Waste Week 2022 supporting partners; Currys, Microsoft and Material Focus (Recycle Your Electricals).