Kids aid plastics project

Supermarket Asda is encouraging Rutherglen primary school children to become ‘plastic investigators’ and help the fight against plastic waste.

Asda Toryglen is inviting pupils to take part in a series of interactive activities to learn about plastic use and recycling, including a tour of their local store with their community champion, in a bid to encourage them to use less and recycle more plastic.

The activity is part of Asda’s commitment to adopt more environmentally friendly praxctices.

In March, the supermarket announced it had removed 6,500 tonnes of plastic packaging from its own brand products in 12 months. It also plans to make all of its packaging 100 per cent recyclable by 2025.

The teaching materials, which have been endorsed by WRAP – a world leading resource efficiency organisation - provide facts about plastic, fun activities and a poster competition for the pupils to take part in.

Johnathan Geddes, community champion at Asda Toryglen, said: “As well as using less and recycling more plastic ourselves, we want to help our communities to do the same. Learning about different types of material and how to recycle them at a young age will help create a lifelong habit and ensure we look after our communities for generations to come.”

The poster competition encourages pupils to think about solutions to the problem of plastic from what they have learned in class and store. Winners will be announced in September.