Clean Cornwall have been upping their education game over the past few months, bringing important insights to local students on the unique challenges their environment faces and how they can be a part of the solution. In January we visited Cornwall College, inviting the students to take on our reusable litter-picking bag project, encouraging the use of innovation and creativity to make recycling litter that is collected easier and minimise plastic waste.

The team were impressed yet again by the pupils’ extensive knowledge of the climate crisis and the extent of plastic pollution, and their willingness to learn more about how we can tackle this issue as a community. They discussed how lifestyle can drastically affect your impact on the environment, and agreed that although individuals cannot be solely blamed for the immense scale of environmental destruction, we can certainly change our behaviour and mindset to make sustainability a priority in our local community.

A few weeks later, Clean Cornwall visited Treleigh school in Redruth and learnt about everything they had been doing already to tackle litter and waste and then dropped into Sennen Community Primary Academy with our hands-on litter session followed by a litter pick on the school grounds and nearby footpaths. It was a really motivating and inspiring day.

Clean Cornwall have had a lot of requests for their litter and waste educational packs from schools across Cornwall and many schools and colleges have organised their own litter picks with Clean Cornwall’s help.

Thank you to all those who have engaged with the team. Clean Cornwall look forward to visiting many more schools with our fun-filled workshops over the coming months.