East Lothian schools Eco Challenge launched
Young people from Dunbar Grammar School and Knox Academy visited Kinwegar recycling centre at Wallyford earlier this month, for the launch of our Eco Schools Competition, sponsored by Viridor.
Young people at each of East Lothian’s six secondary schools have been challenged to win £500 for their school by designing a project that will improve upon the county’s sustainability and recycling rates. Viridor will grant £250 to each school to cover their project costs with the winning school receiving a trophy and a further £500 to spend on Environmental and Educational improvements within their school. The winning team will also be invited to the Keep Scotland Beautiful awards ceremony in Haddington in September.
The Eco Challenge competition challenges each school to design a project specifically related to Sustainability and Environmental improvement within East Lothian, and which aims to improve on any or all of the three Rs: Reducing, Reusing, or Recycling waste.
Tom Reid, Waste Services Manager, said: “This competition invites young people from our schools to really think about environmental issues and how we can create a greener, more sustainable East Lothian. We want to hear their ideas about how we can encourage people to make small lifestyle changes in order to reduce the amount of waste that we generate, or to increase our reuse and recycling rates, or even how to use waste in different ways that effect a positive change in the community. We hope to adopt and implement the winning project and so the feasibility, cost, sustainability and deliverability of their project ideas are all really important.”
Provost John McMillan said: “2018 is the Year of Young People, and alongside our ‘If I Were Provost’ competition, this is another great opportunity for young people to get creative and share their ideas with us on how to improve life in East Lothian. We’re all looking forward to seeing what the teams come up with and more importantly, how our waste services team can take these on board and ensure that we keep East Lothian beautiful – now, and in the future.”
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