PUPILS at three West Devon schools are celebrating after winning cash prizes in a composting competition.
Schools were invited to design web pages or make videos showing how easy it is to turn waste food, kitchen scraps and leftovers into top quality compost for the garden.
The top prize of £1,000 was won by the Clinton School at Merton, the second prize of £200 went to Halwill Primary School and the third prize of £100 to St Rumon?s Infant School in Tavistock.
Devon County Council and the Environment Agency organised the competition on behalf of the Devon Organic Waste Working Group. The announcement of the winners co-incided with Composting Awareness Week.
Headteacher at the Clinton School Alison Turner said: ?We are very proud of our pupils and look forward to using the money on developing our school grounds.?
Claire Moakes from the Environment Agency said composting was a great way to turn waste into a useful product and it could save you pounds at the garden centre and help protect the environment.
Environment spokesman for Devon County Council Cllr David Morrish said: ?The children have come up with some excellent entries to promote home composting, which is vital if we are to reduce the amount of waste being landfilled in Devon every year.?
The picture shows winning pupils from the Clinton School Daniel Quinn, Matthew Waterson, Sam Nicholls and Jack Gilbert with teacher Maxine Bridger and headmistress Alison Turner, Bobby Hughes from Devon County Council and Claire Moakes from the Environment Agency.
Picture by Apex