Schoolchildren across the Royal Borough have teamed up to make a video full of ideas for recycling.

It follows on from the setting up of Windsor and Maidenhead's cross party Climate Group under councillor Donna Stimson, which is turn led last year to the creation of the Berkshire schools eco-network

 

Phoebe Ibison, 16, who is a student at Marist School in Sunninghill joined Cllr Stimson in helping set up the schools network and has helped produce the new video.

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She said: "Recycling is key for the Royal Borough's goal to reach carbon neutral by 2050, if not sooner. Educating both children and adults alike on what can go in each bin is important for tackling how much waste the community produces and ensuring that our children grow up to be environmentally-conscious adults."

Cllr Wisdom Da Costa, who is co-vice chairman of the Climate Panel, said of the video: "I have been very proud to be able to support the work of Phoebe and pupils from Oldfield Primary school and Trevelyan Middle School by helping them present their story and their heart.

"Recycling is a core strand in helping us reduce our carbon footprint and to stop overusing natural resources."

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Martin Hooper, headteacher at Trevelyan Middle School in Wood Close, Windsor, said: "We feel very proud and privileged to have been able to contribute to the production of this video. We strongly promote the values of social responsibility and forward thinking and there is no better way of demonstrating these values than through us all doing our bit to protect our planet through reducing, reusing and recycling waste."

You can see the pupils' video on YouTube and on the Slough and Windsor Observer website.