Teacher Lynn Holland was glad her pupils were standing around with not much to do.

As her Prince of Wales School Grade 7/8 class scoured the green area across from the GE plant on Monaghan Rd. for garbage on Thursday morning, many came back either empty-handed or with a single coffee cup.

“I just can’t believe how little garbage there is this year,” Holland said during the annual Earth Day cleanup, peering at half-full garbage bags sitting limp in front of her. “It means the message is really getting across.”

This is the 12th year that pupils and students from across Peterborough have picked up litter as part of the Green Again, Clean Again campaign during Earth Week.

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From the Peterborough Examiner- April 22, 2010