NEWS

The Eastern Regional Council has always prioritised investing in younger generations, considering they are the future. Sustainability has become a household conversation and through awareness campaigns the public is continuously learning ways to be more sustainable in their everyday life.
To increase this awareness, the Eastern Regional Council has created and financed a project titled ‘Starter Pack’; where, 23 schools and three catechism centres within the Region will benefit from a sustainable stationery. The pack will be distributed across Year 1 students (aged between 5 and 6 years), amounting to a total of around 1,200 students. Every student will be receiving: a pocket made from jute and cotton, bamboo ruler, paper pencil, wooden pen, wooden stamp, eraser, Sprout Pencil, and a set of six colours.

The Starter Pack has been given an illustrated character – the endemic Maltese Weasel with the name of “Bertu l-Ballotra”; where, the aim of this character is to encourage students to utilise the sustainable stationery.
The main aim of this project is to show students and their parents/guardians that there are sustainable alternatives to the common stationery bought at the start of each scholastic year. Additionally, this project functions as a financial aid to parents who annually splurge on school material.
The Starter Pack will be distributed at the beginning of the new school year: between the end of September and the beginning of October 2022.