PUPILS at Darlington's Haughton Community School are to take part in a national campaign against litter.

Year seven and eight pupils have signed up to the Just Bin It campaign to cleaning up the streets.

On their return from the Easter holidays, they will be issued with overalls and collecting sacks.

They will be set to work on the school grounds to leave them litter-free.

Haughton School has a motorised litter collecting machine to patrol the school fields.

It also plans to employ a part-time litter picker to work for one hour a day.

Teacher Jackson Sweeting said: "Although pupils do not cause much of the litter in the grounds, the school is keen to take an active responsibility for improving the environment.