A SCHOOL that declared a war on waste is celebrating after being awarded green flag status for the second time.

All Saints School in Weymouth has been awarded the Eco School’s green flag for the second year running along with one other school in Dorset.

The school, situated in Sunnyside Road, is one of 1,601 green flag schools nationwide with only about 256 of these being secondary schools.

To win the flag again the school’s War on Waste team took action to maintain their reduced carbon footprint.

Projects included educating pupils about the impact of electronic waste and developing the school grounds by planting more trees.

The plans also involved creating a wildlife garden which included habitats for bats and insects. Jane Burnet, co-ordinator of the school’s War on Waste team, said: “Electronic waste is a real problem in countries like Ghana where thousands of tons of broken computers, televisions and mobile phones are illegally shipped as working equipment. “When they arrive there are not the facilities to recycle the toxic parts properly. “The port in Accra is full of children burning the parts to recover metals like copper which is considerably dangerous.

“We hope that this knowledge informs our pupils’ decisions about how many electronic items they buy and what happens to the electronic waste.”

Alongside this the team planted 17 trees, including a Royal Oak grown on one of the Queen’s estates to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee.

The school’s head boy was praised for helping the bid after he was elected to the UK Youth Parliament.

Lloyd Hatton, who is in Year 11, said: “Everyone should try to reduce their carbon footprint.”