CHILDREN ARE SHAMING PARENTS FOR BAD RECYCLING HABITS

and the Yunnan Agricultural University, with support from the Ministry of Public Security.

Sinogene is hoping to make it possible to achieve “volume production” of cloned police dogs in order to signiicantly reduce training times, the company’s deputy general manager Zhao Jianping said. But he added that cloning costs remain a major obstacle for the company.

Kunxun, now three months old, will undergo extensive training in drug detection, crowd control and searching for evidence, and will become a fully ledged police dog when it is about 10 months old. Training usually takes about ive years and costs as much as 500,000 yuan (Dhs273,366), with no guarantee of success, the paper said, citing an animal expert at the Yunnan Agricultural University. The paper did not say how much a cloned dog would cost. A poll of 2,000 British parents of children aged 5 to 18 found one in six believed their children knew more about what can be recycled than they do.

And four in 10 have tried to throw something away, only to be caught out by a child who knew better.

A quarter of children have even pointed out good recycling habits at the supermarket, encouraging parents to take their own bags and buy loose fruit and veg.

The research was conducted by The Midcounties Co-operative, whose “1Change” strategy hopes to reduce the dependence on single-use plastic.

Mike Pickering, Co-operative social responsibility manager at the Co-operative, said: “Our results show, happily, that the mantle is also being passed down, with children showing real engagement in sustainable living.”

Half of children who went shopping with their parents reminded them to bring a “bag for life” rather than using single-use carriers.

When caught red-handed by their children, one in four parents who responded admitted to feeling ashamed by their own actions — but a ifth felt proud of their children for their green attitude.