The Gum Litter Taskforce has announced that the 'Bin It! Roadshow' will be coming to schools around Cork, aiming to change students attitude to litter.
The Gum Litter Taskforce’s 'Bin It!' education programme kicked off last month, and will travel across the country over the coming weeks to deliver 60 performances to primary and secondary schools nationwide.
The roadshow is an integral part of the Gum Litter Taskforce’s (GLT) gum litter education campaign, promoting the responsible disposal of gum litter to schoolchildren through workshops and interactive learning materials.
This week students students from Davis College, Scoil Mhuire, and Glanmire Community College took part in the hour-long workshop, learning more about correct litter disposal and the important role they can play in caring for the environment.
The recent renewal of the GLT education campaign for a fifth cycle includes ambitious plans for the Bin It! Roadshow to host the interactive workshop in 180 schools by 2025. In addition, the campaign will continue to provide useful lesson plan material on its website - materials have already been made available to almost 730 schools across Ireland to date.
Speaking about the rollout of this important element of the GLT campaign, Chairman of the GLT, Paul Kelly said:
“The Bin It! Roadshow is a crucial element of the Gum Litter Taskforce education campaign as it engages younger audiences, who are instrumental in driving behavioural changes and attitude shifts in society. This younger generation are more aware and engaged with the global environmental challenges that we face than any generation before them. Their eagerness to learn and enact positive change makes them a critical group for the campaign to engage with.”
