At Happy Days Nursery in Truro, Cornwall, children know where leftover fruit and vegetables go - straight in the compost bin, to eventually end up being used in the vegetable garden.
The composting and the vegetable garden are just two ways in which the nursery is doing its bit to make a difference to the environment and encourage the children to think of recycling as second nature.
'We hope that recycling will become a normal part of life for the children and that they will do it without thinking,' says deputy manager Nicky Smith.
Happy Days is in no way unusual, in fact such is the trend for going green at nursery level that the Government-run Eco-Schools award programme has made changes to its resources, with a new section dedicated to nurseries shortly to be launched.
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