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Bo'ness
EH51 9AS

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Bo'ness Academy Eco-Schools Committee

The Eco-Schools committee aims to make Bo'ness Academy a more environmentally friendly place to learn and work in.

Mission Statement

Industrious pupils have been helping to make the school a better place to work and learn in thanks to their hard work for Ecoschools

October Recyclers of the month The Learning Support Dept

November Recycler of the month Miss Machen - English Dept

 

Recycler of the month - Mr Downey from the Pupil Office (September 2007)

Recyclers of the Month Trophy Winners 2006 - 2007

The main aim of the group is to make pupils and staff aware of the need to recycle as much as possible, in order to reduce the amount of waste from the premises. Increased recycling means a cleaner, more pleasant environment for all. Less waste going to landfill and more goods being reused will ultimately lead to a decrease in the price of goods.

Paper Survey

Every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday during registration the hardworking group covers the entire school collecting blue bags from classrooms which contain paper for recycling.
Further efforts to protect the environment include the recycling of plastic and tin. Volunteers regularly empty the bins containing these items and sort through them, making them suitable to be sent for recycling. Furthermore, foodstuffs are now being recycled in the staffroom with the aid of the green cones – food waste is collected in baskets and then deposited in the cones where worms and other insects feast on the deposits.

           
Anyone helping with recycling on a regular basis is entitled to go on the reward trips which are held regularly throughout the school year.

 

A huge thank you to Tesco for their generosity for donating trolleys to aid our paper collection and to all the pupils involved in this worthwhile task

Currently the school has already achieved Silver Flag status from Eco Schools Scotland - an international initiative designed to encourage whole school action for the environment. To achieve the award the school had to achieve the seven elements of the Eco Schools process that include having a committee, an eco-code, an action plan and involvement of the whole school and wider community. The Eco-School committee is now in pursuit of the coveted Green Flag.

Anyone interested in becoming involved in Eco-Schools should come along to the meetings which are regularly advertised in the bulletin.

As a reward for all their hard work organising the paper collection in the school the pupils involved went to the Indoor Go Karting in Livingston

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