School litter-pick part of wider commitment to tackling waste

Pupils from two Perth schools have done their bit to tackle litter.

Teenagers from St John’s Academy and Perth Grammar School teamed up with Perth and Kinross Council’s waste services crew for a litter-pick yesterday afternoon between the North Inch Community Campus and McDonald’s on Dunkeld Road.

The pick was part of a pupilled anti-littering campaign to encourage all pupils to minimise the amount of rubbish they drop.

Muirton and North Muirton shops have agreed to work with pupils from both schools over the coming months to raise awareness of the damage that litter causes to the environment.

The shops’ management will also work together with the councils waste services team to install new litter bins along the route between these shops and schools, as well as delivering an imaginative campaign that encourages pupils to continue to use these facilities in the future.

Councillor Kathleen Baird, vice-convener of the local authority’s environment and infrastructure committee, said: “I think it is wonderful that two of our schools are taking up this challenge.

“I hope that the local community and beyond will be inspired by their efforts and follow their lead, even if that simply means putting litter in the bin rather than dumping it on the ground.”

St John’s Academy head teacher Sean Hagney, added: “We are committed to improving our environment. We also recognise that through littering our local environment we are contributing to a global problem.”