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A primary school in Pembrokeshire, Wales, has been awarded solar panels worth £20,000 and is the first to benefit from a new scheme.
Tavernspite School, near Whitland, received the solar panels under the Green Energy for Schools scheme, which is a joint initiative between the UK government and the Co-operative group.
Teacher Julie Halton explained: "We compost food waste, paper, paper towels. We recycle papers, recycle batteries, ink cartridges, we recycle phones for 'Phones for Schools' campaign which earns us points to spend in Argos, and cash.
"It extends to things like growing our own vegetables in the nature garden. We had a recycled Christmas one year where we cancelled Christmas cards and everyone had singing greetings instead."
In Wales, the only other school to successfully apply for the solar panels is Ferndale Infants School in Rhondda.
(CD/JM)
