World Earth Day inspires recycling team-up between Highland charity and Easter Ross social enterprise

CHILDREN and parents in the Highlands have been helping to do their bit for World Earth Day by helping to recycle small electrical items thanks to the efforts of two Highland charities.

The Care and Learning Alliance (CALA), one of the biggest charity's in the Highlands, is working with ILM Highland in Alness by asking parents and users of their archives to donate the old and redundant electrical goods.

CALA's chief executive, Jaci Douglas said: “One of our key strategic aims is about sustainability and so we World Earth Day was a good opportunity to work with ILM and provide an opportunity for people who use our services to bring in their unwanted electrical items and make it easy for them to be recycled rather than end up in landfill.

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"This has been a great way of involving the children in our care to learn about looking after our earth's resources supporting them to be global citizens."

ILM Highland's chief executive officer, Martin Macleod said "ILM Highland is delighted to be working with CALA in support of Earth Day 2023.

"It is great to see the young children getting involved and being so passionate about recycling and protecting the Earth for their future and the future of their children. Keep up the great work."

The children at CALA’s Dingwall Ducklings early learning and childcare setting were on hand to help ILM on collection of items and see first-hand that people can all work together to help keep the Earth clean and healthy.

Dingwall Ducklings recently had a very positive Care Inspectorate unannounced inspection and was recognised for "impacting positively on outcomes for children".

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