Teach them young

ASPE Council has now launched an Environmental Education Initiative to pro‐mote sustainability and recy‐cling in the municipality’s schools.

As part of the council’s Envi‐ronmental Education Pro‐gramme, recycling bins will be provided to all the municipali‐ty’s nursery and primary schools, with the aim of pro‐moting responsible production and consumption practices and contributing to the mitigation of climate change.

In total, 100 blue bins for pa‐per and cardboard and 100 bins for packaging will be dis‐tributed in each of the class‐ rooms of the infant and prima‐ry schools. In addition, 18 brown bins for waste will be in‐stalled in the playgrounds, and 11 yellow bins in each school.

This action aims to make the separation and collection of dif‐ferent types of waste in schools more accessible and conve‐nient, thereby promoting a cul‐ture of recycling from an early age.

Aspe says it is not only about providing the appropriate means for recycling but also about educating and raising awareness among students about the importance of recy‐cling and responsible waste management.