Peter Gibson reports on how a pan-European programme is encouraging schools to promote a cleaner future. Passing my local secondary school the other morning, I noticed the following: litter strewn around its grounds; dozens of bulging bin bags; a sizeable skip awaiting collection; a long line of cars dropping off children (their drivers mainly live on my street - a whole quarter of a mile away); and the place lit up like a Christmas tree. So much for environmental education, then. And, I suspect my local school isn't any different to others across the rest of the UK, which may explain why schools shell out ￡100 million per year on electricity, ￡106 million on water rates, ￡39 million on clearing up litter and combating vandalism, ￡56 million on emptying bins and a whopping ￡158 million on paper and other stationery.
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