PUPILS at St Bede's Middle School are being encouraged to go green and recycle their waste.

The Holloway Lane school's Eco Council has been working hard to get students thinking about how they can improve the immediate environment.

As well as recycling, they have been composting, saving energy and promoting healthy eating.

A school spokesman said: "We have been putting up notices reminding people to turn lights off if they are not in the room to save energy. We are starting to compost as much of our food waste from lunchtime as possible.

"More progress in healthy eating is to be made next year as well as our plans for increasing the number of plant and animal species around our site."