Pupils at Allanton Primary School started a project to improve recycling and prevent litter in their school grounds.

Pupils contacted North Lanarkshire Council to request bins and advice on how to increase recycling and reduce litter after noticing a problem in the outdoor space at the school.  They decided to purchase new paper and card bins, new food waste bins for the dinner hall and one for the nursery.

The Eco-Committee then took another look at the amount of litter that was collected in the school grounds that morning and found that the amount of litter was now minimal even after morning break which was fantastic.

The children then looked at the litter and realised that had all been placed in one bin and not separated at all which was a new problem.

So they then decided to discuss in their classes all the different types of bins and what they are used for. 

They identified the bins and their colours that the children have at home and made the link between those at home and those at school. 

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