Ballinode students vow to end scourge of gum litter
ONE hundred students from St. Mary’s College and Ballinode are vowing to bin their gum after taking part in a ‘ Bin it!’ litter awareness workshop in Cavan last week.
‘ Bin It!’ features an actor- led workshop geared towards first year students and explores littering and social responsibility.
This is the 10th year the ‘ Bin it!’ campaign has toured Ireland and to date over 39,218 students have taken part, with 6,324 attending the workshop in 2015 alone.
The campaign has seen huge success to date with the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System results showing an overall decrease in people dropping gum from 26% when the campaign started in 2007, to 11% in the latest results.
The workshop tour is supported by a website www. chewitbinit. com which includes games and quizzes for students, lesson plans, teachers’ notes, posters and activity cards to help integrate the theme of responsible litter disposal into the curriculum.
Chairman of the GLT, Paul Kelly said; “The tour is very important to the overall goal of the campaign which is to change the behaviour of future generations when it comes to disposing of litter.”
Schools can download a free copy of the ‘ Bin it!’ programme materials and activities by logging onto www. chewitbinit. com.
This year’s theme is “Bin it your gum when you’re done.”