YOUNG eco-warriors from a village school near Bromsgrove have been praised for coming clean on the green scene.

Tidy-minded, money-saving pupils from Fairfield First School, in Stourbridge Road, have worked closely with Bromsgrove District Council's environmental health officers and are on the way to winning the coveted Eco School's National award.

Cabinet member responsible for environmental health, Cllr Margaret Oliver (Con-Hagley), said: "It is fantastic.

"In just six months the children have worked wonders in improving their environment and helping to save the world's natural resources."

Spurred on and supported by the council's environmental strategy officers, Keith James and Richard Johnson, the youngsters have set up a range of recycling banks at the school for cans, cartridges, textiles and paper.

They have also introduced measures for saving water and energy, have a weekly litter picking patrol and have installed a compost bin.

Richard said: "It is amazing how quickly the children got everything up and running.

"They formed their own environmental committee to review the situation and then produced an action plan which they undertook and monitored.

"To complete their assignment they arranged a Day of Action last Wednesday to help their local community."

Children were encouraged to walk to school to reduce the number of cars on the road.

They monitored speed of traffic and picked litter around the school, Badgers Copse and the village.