About 400 high school students and 100 other volunteers will descend upon Peterborough and the surrounding area for a massive litter cleanup project this Earth Day.

So far, six high schools in the city have committed to joining the Super Spring Clean Up, scheduled for April 22.

Buses will transport students to various roadsides in and around the city, where they will collect garbage and recyclables in teams of six.

The event, now in its third year, is the brainchild of Guenther Schubert, a local businessman and chairman of the environment committee for the Kawartha Rotary Club.

Schubert said the cleanup is also an attempt to educate local youth about the value of the environment.

“Anybody who cleans garbage is less likely to make garbage,” he said. “We need to change that whole attitude towards the environment.”

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From the Peterborough Examiner- April 6, 2010