Carniny composters say waste not, want not

PUPIL members of Carniny Primary’s Eco Schools Committee have come up with the great idea of collecting their leftover food waste from break times including apple cores and banana skins for recycling into compost.
By The Newsroom
Published 14th Dec 2011, 10:14 BST

Bright sparks, Finn Henderson and Sophie McCluney from P4/5, sent a letter requesting caddies for their classroom to their local councillor, Cr. J.Mc Clean, who contacted Ballymena Borough Council.

The council were only too delighted to deliver 10 brown caddies, one for each classroom, and an additional composter all free of charge to help them turn their food waste into compost.

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Councillor James McClean visited the school last Thursday to congratulate the pupils on their great idea to make break times more Eco friendly.

He said: “It has always been clear to me that the children and staff of Carniny Primary School care deeply about their environment. Carniny Primary School is a great example to us all and one which I would support and encourage other schools to follow”.

Gary Mc Knight, Recycling Officer, Ballymena Borough Council commended the Eco school committee, their eco-school teacher, Gillian O’Neill, all the staff and children at Carniny Primary School “for the positive steps they have taken to becoming more sustainable and for the innovation they have shown with this project”.

He said: “The School has put a lot of hard work into improving their environment and this has been recognized by the Eco-Schools programme”.

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The 12 representatives of the Eco Schools committee, chosen by their class, who were involved in the project are Chloe Logan, Andrew Donald, Sophie McCluney, Finn Henderson, Ross McKay, Ross Kerr, Ross Shields, Ellie Brewster, Scott McIlroy, Emma Adair, Sophie McAllister and Juliet Cameron.

Teacher in charge of the eco-club, Gillian O’Neill said: “We are very proud of the children for coming up with the idea and for hard work and dedication they have shown to the eco schools project. All our pupils have been encouraged to take positive action to reduce their impact on the environment and they have really enjoyed learning and getting involved in the Eco-schools programme”.

Eco-Schools is a world-wide school based programme designed to promote environmental awareness, citizenship and personal, social and health education. Its aim is to encourage children to improve their school environment by tackling issues including litter, energy and water use, school grounds, transport, wildlife and waste.