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More than 11,500 primary schoolchildren have known this school year the guidelines of proper urban hygiene and the promotion of the practice of the three Rs of waste: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

The Department of Public Works and the concessionaire Ferrovial Servicios launched last October, the school campaign "Murcia Sustainable City 'consists of two activities: first the School Talks taking place in the schools themselves and by another visit to Waste Treatment center of Cañada Hermosa.

Councillor for Public Works, Roque Ortiz, this morning visited a classroom of 5th year of primary school Federico de Arce, where he has been able to attend one of these talks awareness.

During the visit to the facilities of Cañada Hermosa, conducted during this course for 4,565 students aged between 10 and 13 years of 108 schools, they can make the trip walking waste to the treatment center.

Moreover, awareness lectures taught in classrooms and schools that have participated in this course 3,450 3,568 students in 4th and 5th year of 102 schools in the municipality are made.

In 'The game of waste' and 'Waste before, waste now' is shown, on the one hand, the work of cleaning, collection and subsequent treatment of the waste produced by all citizens, and on the other , they offered a set of guidelines and criteria aimed at solving and improve school attitudes related to recycling and the care and cleaning of the urban environment.

A pleasant, fun and interactive, the talk is done with an audiovisual presentation in Spanish and English that seeks to motivate and arouse interest in the activity.

In addition to all school children are given a workbook oriented who complete at home and ensuring that the information also reaches the household to raise awareness of the importance of the habit of recycling and street cleaning as part of our daily lives.

Councillor for Public Works, Roque Ortiz, explained that "this work started in 1994 has grown and evolved, and continue betting on this type of activities aimed at the youngest being a collective priority, the population sector of the future and that It should continue putting much awareness. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia