Schools get the yellow recycling bug - 13 December 2004
Schools across the Larne Borough are competing in the 2004/05 Yellow Woods Challenge – the simple, educational and fun environmental campaign run by Yellow Pages and the Woodland Trust working with Larne Borough Council.Kirk, the recycling bug and campaign mascot, is urging schoolchildren, their families and friends to bring old Yellow Pages directories to school for recycling by local processor, A.L.R. Waste Management Ltd, Curran Road, Larne.
The Yellow Woods Challenge aims to get children into the recycling habit while learning all about paper, recycling and woodland conservation through Kirk’s lively teaching materials and Challenge video.
The schools that collect the most directories per pupil will win cash prizes from Yellow Pages. For every pound awarded to schools, a matching pound will be given to the Woodland Trust to support its new tree planting campaign, ‘Tree For All’, and enable hundreds of schools to plant native tree saplings in their grounds.
In addition to the prizes from Yellow Pages, Larne Borough Council will present a trophy to the winning school, along with a recycled stationary set to the pupil in each school who has collected the most directories.
Richard Duggleby, head of external relations at Yell, the publisher of Yellow Pages directories, said: “Since 2002, more than half a million schoolchildren have taken on the Yellow Woods Challenge. This year, we expect 300,000 pupils across the UK to have fun recycling Yellow Pages directories and learning about the environment with Kirk.”
Elaine Smith, environmental services officer with Larne Borough Council, said: “This is the fifth year that we have recycled Yellow Pages directories with schools. It has become something teachers, parents and pupils all look forward to in the school calendar. It not only keeps old directories out of landfill, but also helps us deliver lots of other recycling messages to schools.”
Residents who do not have a child attending a participating school can recycle their old Yellow Pages directory by putting it into their blue bin or taking it to Redlands Recycling Centre at the Harbour Highway. For further details, call Larne Borough Council on 028 2826 2307 or contact the Directory Recycling Helpline on 0800 671 444 (lines open Monday – Friday from 8.30am – 5.30pm) or visit: www.yellgroup.com.
