New benches in recycled plastic for primary schools in Pisa which were more virtuous in participating in the project ‘Rare‘, organized by the Municipality of Pisa and Geofor. They were delivered this morning, Tuesday 24 May, to the primary school of Putignano, which ranked first in the game on separate waste collection. The councilor for the environment Filippo Bedini, the councilor for school policies Sandra Munno, the school head of the Gamerra Oriana Carella Institute and Raffaele Spagnulo, coordinator for Geofor of the Scarty project, were present, in addition to the school children.

“As a municipal administration – explained the commissioner Filippo Bedini to teachers and children during the awarding of the prize – we are really satisfied with the great participation we have seen from the city primary schools in the environmental education project. ‘Scarty’ proved to be the fair game for the age group of elementary children, because it manages to involve them, to make them play and at the same time to understand that waste, if correctly sorted, is an important resource for our environment, because it can be transformed, as in the case of the benches that have won with the game, as a resource and give life to new objects. Over the next few years, we will continue to promote the project in schools, certain that play is the best tool to educate the little ones to differentiate. We thank all the participants and congratulate the students of the classes who attended. We thank with enthusiasm, their teachers and parents who understood the value put ‘at stake’ “.

“It was – added Councilor Sandra Munno – the city conveyed to children the message that each of us, to safeguard the environment, can make a difference with a little commitment and great attention. Every child, every school, every in the her little one can go and school is definitely the most effective vehicle to accomplish these cultural changes. The children of the former quickly learn environmentally friendly behaviors through play and indeed, through Scarty, they have the opportunity to become teachers of their parents and their families, triggering a virtuous process “.

The education project, which began in the autumn of 2019 in the primary schools of Pisa, had seen the participation of 5 Comprehensive Institutes (Fibonacci, Fucini, Gamerra, N. Pisano, Galilei), 12 complexes and 50 classes for an environmental total of 1078 pupils, and had been interrupted due to the pandemic. On the basis of the ranking drawn up, the class that has distinguished itself the most, reaching 3132 on the basis of its virtuous behavior, is the 4th class of the primary Moretti in Putignano, which received three benches. In second place the 3rd class of the primary N. Pisano who, with 2368, receives two benches and in third place, with 1757 points, is the 3rd class of the primary Biagi, which is rewarded with two benches. Immediately following, in fourth place, the 5th A class of the D. Chiesa schools, with 1668 points, which receives a bench. There ranking is general available here.