Children fly the green flag

WHEN we were first awarded An Taisce’s Green Flag, our school felt very proud and honoured. This is a prestigious award similar in status to the Blue Flag award for beaches. Schools all over Europe work hard for the Green Flag.

Children fly the green flag

Pupils form a committee and plan and undertake work to reduce, reuse and recycle. In our school we first targeted milk cartons - we wash, squash and store until we take them to our local recycling centre at Rathroeen. We have reduced our refuse for landfill from six black bags to two.

We also use recycled paper for notes. We collect stamps and give them to the missions and batteries for transport to Rathroeen.

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