Penza, 9 January 2020. PenzaNews. In the second half of 2019, pupils of kindergartens and schools of Penza region brought more than 57 tons of recyclable materials for recycling under the VtorBum interregional environmental education project. This was said by the press service of the Ministry of Forestry, Hunting and Nature Management of the region.

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"Of these, there were 56 tons of waste paper and 1.4 tons of PET bottles," the agency said.

The press service explained that representatives of 43 institutions had taken part in the project in just six months, with the greatest activity being shown by pupils of school No. 2 of Nizhny Lomov, who collected over 13 tons of recyclable materials.