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The 'Cervantes' school in Las Torres de Cotillas was chosen to present the 'EducaEnEco Schools Network' program for the 2017-18 school year on Tuesday, November 28.

A project promoted by the Ministries of Tourism, Culture and Environment and Education, Youth and Sports, in collaboration with the non-profit environmental organization 'Ecoembes', which will be developed in 227 schools in the Region of Murcia.

This presentation was attended by the general directors of Environment, Juan Madrigal, and of Attention to the Diversity and Educational Quality, Mª Esperanza Moreno, who visited the facilities of the center and were interested in the environmental projects developed in it.

"It is a commitment to environmental education, because only through education will we get citizens involved in the protection of the environment," says the councilor for Environment, Inmaculada Fernández, who attended the event accompanied by the mayor of Education, Pedro Cabrera

Promote recycling

The goal of the aforementioned network is to promote recycling in the day-to-day life of primary schools, with special emphasis on involving the entire educational community (teachers, non-teaching staff and students), who are offered training and materials for facilitate the separation of waste.

The program also provides great added value thanks to the personalized advice that the team of environmental educators of 'Ecoembes' offers to each center, providing training to the entire educational community on their role to achieve a more sustainable school.

In this way, both professors and cleaning teams, bedeles or kitchen and dining staff receive guidance on how to integrate waste separation into their daily tasks.

In 2016, a total of 36,069 tons of containers were recycled in the Region, 7.9% more than the previous year, which reflects the commitment of citizens to the separation of waste.

Specifically, each Murcia deposited 10 kilos in the yellow container (cans, briks and plastic containers) and 10.4 kilos in the blue (paper and cardboard containers), or what is the same, 917 containers per inhabitant were deposited in the yellow container and 427 in the blue, an increase with respect to 2015 of 8'7% and 11'8%, respectively.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas