New Delhi, July 23 - To sensitise school students about environment sustainability and instil in them the habit of recycling, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) launched an awareness drive in 30 schools each in the capital and Bangalore Thursday.

Sensitisation, Education and Awareness for Cleaner Habitat (SEARCH), as the programme is called, was launched in association with Tetra Pak private limited.

Ranjana Saikia, associate director of TERI said: 'At TERI, we are constantly fighting the odds and work hard towards sensitising people, especially young students about the perils of environmental degradation'.

'With project SEARCH we are taking the message of waste recycling to 60 schools in Delhi and Bangalore in partnership with Tetra Pak which is a leading food processing and packaging solutions company.