1. Eco Assembly Good News Bad News Competition Helpers Needed

2. Bronze Award Well done to the Eco Warriors and all at Pitcoudie for helping us get an Eco Bronze award. We have a certificate to put on the wall! Good News

3. Bad News Litter

4. What is litter? Litter can be described as ‘rubbish that is in the wrong place’ It can be food, chewing gum, crisp packets, plastic bags and banana skins – in fact, any item left by a person that should not be there.

5. Why do people litter? Too lazy Too busy playing There aren’t enough bins The bins are in the wrong place The bins aren’t emptied often enough The bins aren’t big enough It’s OK to litter if no one can see you!

6. Up to two years to rot away Up to 10 years to rot away Between 10 and 20 years and will slowly break up into small pieces, but even these never really go away Will NEVER EVER rot away How long does it stick around?

7. Litter harms wildlife Young fox with its head trapped inside a rusty drinks can. RSPCA

8. Seagulls and pigeons are attracted by food litter Do we have lots of seagulls in Pitcoudie?

9. Is this your rubbish?

10. They are there for a reason!

12. Competition We need a logo We want to save paper so this is going to be a computer challenge. Please make sure you save your work in that folder. (put your name and class in the title)

13. We need your help Tree planting Garden