St Bees School recently entered a social media video competition, run by litter education resource Bin It!
The competition, called Bin It Your Way, invited students to submit video entries demonstrating how they can help tackle the impact of littering on our environment.
After getting involved in the Bin It! roadshow last year, St Bees decided to give the Bin It Your Way competition a go.
Using their creativity students danced, cartwheeled and spun their litter to the bin.
Bin It! is an award-winning anti-litter educational roadshow, funded by Mars Wrigley, which normally visits around 240 schools a year with the aim of changing behaviour, making pupils more socially and environmentally aware about litter they may drop and encouraging them to put it in the bin instead.
Tackling the issue of litter is a regular activity for the St Bees Eco Club.
The group is very vigilant and often conducts beach cleans and litter picks around the local community.
They will be continuing to do this, as well as raising awareness of littering and the damage it can cause using their newsletters and social media platforms.
Rosie Cole, geography, science and physical education teacher and leader of the school’s eco club, said: “We are very passionate about where we are here in St Bees.
“We are a stone’s throw away from the Lake District National Park, and we want to be able to do our bit to keep this corner of the world as naturally beautiful as possible.
“We have litter picks and beach cleans planned throughout the year, alongside recycling projects which we work on as a team during our Eco Club.”
