A scroll around the world

The event

Children from St Vincent De Paul Infant School, Marino have been working hard through the Scroll work-book.The Senior Infant class and teacher Ms. Bernie Murphy are coming up with lots of ideas for 'living well in our city' of Dublin.

The children have been thinking about how they can reduce the amount of rubbish going into the bin, and how they can save water and energy by making small changes at home.

I never leave the light on in my room when I am not there anymore, and we have started to recycle at home, all my family has got involved.

On Wednesday 2nd June St. Vincent de Paul's senior infant class will represent Ireland with their drawings on the Scroll.

Three children will represent the class and draw on the Scroll; the other children from the class will take part in plate painting and display their own drawings. The event will take place at Clontarf Castle in Dublin.

The students are very excited to be taking part in the event, and lots of their ideas are very innovative. We have been monitoring the Scroll's tour in the different countries and the children are really looking forward to big day when they represent Ireland on the Scroll. Says Teacher Bernie.

Representatives for the four Veolia Environments Irish based subsidiaries; Onyx, Dalkia, Connex and Veolia Water will attend the event and present a computer for the school and Onyx gifts for the children.

Ireland is privileged and honoured the event will also be attended by Mr Joachim Bitterlich, Executive Vice President, Veolia Environnement.

Veolia Environnement's Activities in Ireland

Onyx Ireland Limited is one of Irelands leading waste management service provider.For more than 35 years Onyx Ireland have worked in partnership with our clients, delivering customised solutions for waste collection, recycling.At the end of 1997, Onyx Ireland in the first public private partnership in the waste industry in Ireland, with the signing of a Management Contract with the Dublin Local Authorities for the management and operation of the Waste Recycling and Baling Station at Ballymount and the baled waste landfill in Arthurstown, Kill, Co Kildare.

Dalkia Ireland manages all the operations that are not directly related to the core business of its customers, including:

• operation of heating, cogeneration, energy and industrial fluid production facilities;
• energy-related engineering and maintenance services;
• management of heating systems;
• technical services for the operation of buildings;
• and facilities management services, such as reception and switchboard operation.

Connex Transport Ireland has been selected to operate the Luas on behalf of the Railway Procurement Agency, the authority responsible for the procurement of railway infrastructure systems, in a public-private partnership.Luas is a state-of-the-art Light Rail Transit system that provides an attractive and unique alternative to the private car.Systems similar to Luas are popular worldwide and it appears to be the obvious choice for a dynamic capital city like Dublin, connecting suburbs to the city centre with a high-capacity, high-frequency, high-speed service.

Veolia Water is expert in total water management. It designs, builds and operates water ad wastewater plants for local authorities and industry.In-house skills, coupled with our extensive market knowledge enable us to combine traditional and cutting edge technologies to produce cost-effective engineered systems that meet the unique process, utility and wastewater requirements of industry. Veolia Water Systems meet global ultra pure water requirements. Patented systems provide purified water, pyrogen free water and water for injection to meet all international specifications.