A campaign to clean up the area around Dunoon Primary School – and beyond – is well underway.

Dunoon Primary’s Eco Schools Committee was delighted to receive its second green flag.



This year’s committee, comprised of pupils from P2 to P7, is full of enthusiasm and has begun an anti-dog mess and cigarette stub campaign. Pupils will design posters to highlight the various problems of dog mess, cigarette stubs, discarded cigarette packets and chewing gum on pavements.

To get some hints and tips, the committee, with the help of Mrs Wakefield, has already had a chat with staff from Argyll and Bute Council and other groups. It is hoped that media studies students from Argyll College will be able to assist in the campaign. Posters will be mounted on boards kindly donated by Stewart Shaw Building Supplies. Pupils are also looking forward to a visit from the Dogs Trust next month, to look at responsible dog ownership as a way of tackling Dunoon’s messy problem. ‘On its blog, the Eco Schools Committee wrote “We would be delighted to receive comments form the public to help and improve our campaign and make Cowal a cleaner, a more environmentally friendly and an even better place to live.”

Ideas are wanted, and if you can help, simply contact Dunoon Primary School for more information.