Bottle top Beaver mural to raise waste awareness
Young scouts in Newport have been busy beavers, using plastic bottle and container lids to create a mural on the wall of their club hut, as a campaign to rid the town of plastics gathers pace.
The mural by the 1st Newport Beavers was unveiled on Friday at a ceremony with guests from Sustainable Newport Shropshire.
It was created by the group, which caters for children aged six to eight.
It was unveiled at a special ceremony on Friday with guests from the campaign group Sustainable Newport Shropshire.
There is a proposal afoot to consider including the mural which features a natural world theme in the town's Britain in Bloom entry.
In addition to a campaign for businesses and community groups to ditch plastic bags and containers the town has launched a water refill scheme to reduce bottle usage.
Participating cafes, bars, restaurants, banks, and other businesses will put up a sticker in their window letting people know they are involved. So far 13 refill sites have registered for the scheme with the help of an app.
