Schools save €8m through green initiatives

Pupils and teachers have helped their schools save over €8m in costs through green initiatives since last autumn.

In the past school year alone, 110 schools have received a Green Flag from An Taisce, most of them adding to their existing collection of flags for efforts to cut down on waste, energy, and water usage, and to travel to school in more environmentally friendly ways.

For 140 schools, this was the first Green Flag to be awarded as they completed the first programme based on the theme of litter and waste. They are among 3,127 schools, out of 4,000 at primary and second levels in Ireland, which now have at least one An Taisce Green Flag.