CHILDREN attending Exford First School were among the first to join the Schools Against Waste programme backed by the six council partners in Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP).
Schools Against Waste will see thousands of pupils learning about everything from plastics to composting in a programme of 90 school visits over the next year by Somerset’s eco-education charity the Carymoor Environmental Trust.
Pupils will explore how the next generation can help their families and local communities tackle issues of key concern about waste, such as plastics polluting their world.
Carymoor’s Karen Boswell ran the waste sessions with the Exford First children that focused on plastics and the environmental 3Rs of ‘reduce, reuse and recycle’.
Exford First headteacher Laura Weaver said the session had a strong impact.
She said: “Karen was a motivating and enthusiastic leader and the children had a great time.”
As well as engaging an army of young warriors against waste in Somerset, the Carymoor experts also spend time with staff to review the school’s current recycling.
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