Pupils at Burrelton Primary School are calling on the local community to support their eco-friendly initiative to build a greenhouse out of empty two-litre clear plastic bottles.
The Perthshire campaign, ‘Bottles for Burrelton’, is being supported by community retailer Scotmid which has set up bottle collection points at both of its Coupar Angus stores.
The community are encouraged to drop off their empty two-litre clear plastic bottles, which will be recycled and used by pupils to construct their eco greenhouse.
This isn’t the school’s first foray into ‘green gardening’. Burrelton’s first bottle-built greenhouse was established 15 years ago by Judith Paterson, the former PSA for the primary school.
Judith was a keen gardener and wanted to encourage pupils to get involved with the school garden. Judith sadly passed away in 2016, but her legacy has lived on as pupils and teachers at the primary school wish to continue the project in her name and build a new greenhouse for the garden.
The new structure will be built by the children during their Eco time, with the help of Cat MacKay, a local community worker who supports the school.
Angela Thomson, head teacher at Burrelton Primary School, said: “This project means a lot to Burrelton Primary School as it encourages our pupils to look after the environment from an early age.
“We’re grateful to Scotmid for supporting our ‘Bottles for Burrelton ’ campaign through its bottle collection points in stores and we hope customers will get behind us to help us reach our target.”
Lynne Ogg, communities manager (North) at Scotmid, said: “We are thrilled to partner with Burrelton Primary School on this campaign. This initiative is a wonderful inspiration to the local community and shows that repurposing can be a great way to create something truly special and help teach children different methods of how to recycle and reuse.”
Bottle collection points can be found in Scotmid Coupar Angus stores at: 55-65 George Street, Coupar Angus, Blairgowrie, PH13 9DJ and 1-3 Commercial Street, Coupar Angus, Blairgowrie, PH13 9AD.
