A group of students at St George’s International School demonstrated their commitment to a greener, cleaner planet yesterday, by collecting over 300 cigarette butts and other rubbish in Hamm and the surrounding neighbourhood.
St George’s Sustainability Coordinator Anne-Marie McHugh said the students were eager to be involved and have a positive impact in the community, despite yesterday’s wet conditions. “It was wonderful to see the passion of students, collaborating with the Clean Something for Nothing team for a community cleanup to help the local area,” Ms McHugh said. “One cigarette butt can pollute 500 litres of water, so the collection of 300 cigarette butts helped to reduce the pollution of 150,000 litres of water.”
Samuel I, a Year 5 student, said after the cleanup: “I enjoyed the activity, but we need more help. We need a big community effort to help clean up all this waste. Over 8 million cigarette butts are dropped every minute around the world.”
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