Peniel pupils clean up their community
Pupils at Peniel School have teamed up with Eco Eli to clean up their community.
The council’s eco-friendly elephant visited the school along with local member Councillor Pam Palmer.
It followed a letter to Councillor Palmer from the school’s Eco Committee who were concerned about the amount of litter in the village
They were particularly worried about cigarette ends and dog mess.
Councillor Palmer, along with council education and awareness and environmental enforcement officers, went along to the Green Flag school to talk to the pupils and help find a solution.
Carmarthenshire County Council is encouraging people to take pride in where they live by keeping their communities clean.
Councillor Palmer said: “Not only is litter a blight on the landscape, but it takes years to degrade, and can cause harm to wildlife.
“It also costs the council over two million pounds a year to clean up, money that could be put to much better use.
“The pupils at Peniel want to take action to improve the area in which they live, hopefully we can get everyone in the community on board and help keep it that way. By working together we can make Carmarthenshire a much cleaner and safer place for everyone.”
A competition will now be held in the school for pupils to design a poster to put on litter bins in the village. Councillor Palmer will be providing the prizes.
Headteacher Angharad Jones said: “The Eco Committee were so concerned about litter that they wrote to Councillor Palmer. We were delighted that she was able to come along to speak to us before the end of term and we are looking forward to continuing the good work next year.
“The school is very committed to its work on the environment and has just received its third Green Flag as part of the Eco-Schools programme.”
Councillor Pam Palmer and council sustainability officer Tina Brice with Peniel pupils from years five and six.
Picture: Jeff Connell.
The council’s eco-friendly elephant visited the school along with local member Councillor Pam Palmer.
It followed a letter to Councillor Palmer from the school’s Eco Committee who were concerned about the amount of litter in the village
They were particularly worried about cigarette ends and dog mess.
Councillor Palmer, along with council education and awareness and environmental enforcement officers, went along to the Green Flag school to talk to the pupils and help find a solution.
Carmarthenshire County Council is encouraging people to take pride in where they live by keeping their communities clean.
Councillor Palmer said: “Not only is litter a blight on the landscape, but it takes years to degrade, and can cause harm to wildlife.
“It also costs the council over two million pounds a year to clean up, money that could be put to much better use.
“The pupils at Peniel want to take action to improve the area in which they live, hopefully we can get everyone in the community on board and help keep it that way. By working together we can make Carmarthenshire a much cleaner and safer place for everyone.”
A competition will now be held in the school for pupils to design a poster to put on litter bins in the village. Councillor Palmer will be providing the prizes.
Headteacher Angharad Jones said: “The Eco Committee were so concerned about litter that they wrote to Councillor Palmer. We were delighted that she was able to come along to speak to us before the end of term and we are looking forward to continuing the good work next year.
“The school is very committed to its work on the environment and has just received its third Green Flag as part of the Eco-Schools programme.”
Councillor Pam Palmer and council sustainability officer Tina Brice with Peniel pupils from years five and six.
Picture: Jeff Connell.
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