THE Mayor and City Council (M&CC) of Georgetown has launched a compositing project for all primary schools in Georgetown.

Primary schools in Georgetown will be taught how to compost as a means of waste separation. The project will also serve to revitalise planting in schools.

According to the Council’s Solid Waste Management Director, Walter Narine, the council holds the view that the country’s children are the vehicle for change in this regard.

This is the first time that such an exercise is being undertaken by the council and the aim of this exercise is to combat the culture of littering and improper waste disposal through education and sensitisation of all citizens.

The council also hopes that children would lead the way in behavioural change as it pertains to the recycling of solid waste, reduction of solid waste and the number of times solid waste materials, which can be re-used, go to the landfill site and the recycling of solid waste.

Lectures in the primary schools are expected to last for three weeks and it is expected that the community and the wider populace will benefit significantly.