Primary school picks up cash for litter project

An environmental charity has awarded a primary school in Perth a £200 grant to tackle the recurring problem of litter.

Keep Scotland Beautiful has given Our Lady’s RC Primary School the grant to equip pupils to carry out picks as part of its annual Litter Less campaign.

This is the ninth year that Keep Scotland Beautiful has run the campaign on behalf of the Foundation of Environmental Education (FEE) and sponsored by the Wrigley Company Foundation.

In that time the charity has passed £56,000 of support to 244 Scottish schools to buy litter picking equipment and bins.

Keep Scotland Beautiful’s education and learning manager Daniel Barrie commented: “We are thrilled that we are once again able to support children and educators through the Wrigley Litter Less programme.

“The successful schools will be able to use the £200 grant to buy materials needed to run their anti-litter campaigns, to support local family clean up events as part of their daily exercise, and to assist educators to understand the issues and solutions.”

Daniel Schaffer, chief executive officer of FEE, added: “Pollution, waste and litter are global problems that affect our health, our perception of the planet and the integrity of the natural world of which we are a part.

“With the generous support of the Mars Wrigley Foundation, FEE is able to use its global network of schools to bring large-scale positive change to students around the world through transformative educational methods based on concrete actions and solutions.”