BARNSLEY East MP Stephanie Peacock has started a campaign to educate local students about the dangers of wasting plastic.
The campaign has been launched over the school holidays to give them a project over the summer.
Around the Barnsley area students will be encouraged to think about ways that they can cut down on single use plastic and promote environmentally friendly alternatives, such as reusable cups, straws and bags.
Stephanie said: “Since I was elected to represent Barnsley East, I’ve made it a priority to visit our fantastic family of local schools.
“Whenever I visit them I’m impressed by how engaged and conscious a lot of young people are when it comes to our environment it was those children and the work being done in our schools that inspired this idea.
“As a former teacher, I know how helpful a project in the summer holidays can be and I hope this is something is the family can get involved in to learn together about how we can better protect our beautiful local environment here in Barnsley.”
