As part of our Litter Eco Targets, Primary 4-7 have taken positive action on the issue of dog fouling in our community. We have used our technologies skills to email both the Chair of Portpatrick Community Council and our local Community Safety Wardens with the results of our dog fouling survey in the village. We highlighted the problem and asked for support.
As a result, two Community Safety Officers, Andy and Caroline, attended our school for an action planning meeting today. The officers were pleased with the standard of the dog fouling posters which were created by the whole school. They will laminate and mount these for us ready for display in our area to encourage responsible dog ownership. Andy will judge and announce the winners of our poster competition.
We have agreed to conduct another combined litter and dog fouling survey using the Dumfries and Galloway council recommended rating scale that the community team use. This will then be used to feed into the regional database.
The class agreed that it would be a great idea to invite a mechanical road sweeper to visit our village to help clear up the worst affected areas that we find. It is planned that two pupils will attend a meeting to present our work to the Portpatrick Community Council.
Not content with all this positive Eco action, the class have also written persuasive letters to Dumfries and Galloway council asking them to encourage their supplier of individual milk cartons to stop using plastic straws which do not biodegrade.
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