Class gets top marks for reducing plastics
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A Grade 5 class at Kidston Elementary in Coldstream is taking a leadership role in the growing movement toward using less plastics.
Charlene O’Brien’s class spearheaded a plastic-free celebration on Valentine’s Day, leading to other schools following suit.
“As Valentine’s Day approached, the class looked into the amount of single-use plastic the day produces,” a news release from Martiza Reilly from School District 22’s communications department. “Last year, students collected approximately 1,000 pieces of single-use plastic generated from all the classes at Kidston and estimated that three to five times that amount went home with students. The students were shocked to think of the thousands of pieces of single-use plastics that could come from one school, in one day.”
