Trees planted to celebrate Islington schools recycling - 14 June 2005
Youngsters at St Mary Magdalene C of E Primary School and Ambler Primary School have each won £300 for their school by collecting Yellow Pages directories in a recycling competition.Over recent weeks, pupils at ten schools across Islington have taken on the Yellow Woods Challenge - the simple, educational and fun schools environmental campaign run by Yellow Pages, working in partnership with the Woodland Trust and Islington Council. The schools have been collecting old Yellow Pages directories for recycling and a total of 1.1 tonnes will now be recycled into animal bedding by Ravens Recycling.
St Mary Magdalene C of E Primary School is celebrating its success in winning the local ‘Gold Oak’ title and the top prize money of £300 for collecting the most directories per pupil. Ambler Primary School receives this year’s ‘Silver Birch’, winning £200, and also wins £100 cash for collecting the most Yellow Pages directories in total. Hargrave Park Primary School receives the ‘Bronze Beech’ title and £100. All participating schools will automatically be entered into the UK Finals, where they could win a top prize of £2,000 cash.
For every pound awarded to schools in prize money, a matching pound is given to the Woodland Trust to support its new ‘Tree For All’ campaign, which aims to help plant 12 million trees over the next five years. Funds donated by Yellow Pages are enabling thousands of schoolchildren across the UK to plant native saplings in their school grounds and to support tree planting and school visits in the Trust’s woodlands.
As additional support for the Tree For All campaign, Yellow Pages is awarding native tree saplings to the top three winning schools and to The Gower School, Hanover Primary School and Pooles Park Primary School for achieving 4th, 5th and 6th place in the local Yellow Woods Challenge. Simon Carroll at Islington Council also receives tree saplings for organising the local Challenge.
Richard Duggleby, head of external relations at Yell, the publisher of Yellow Pages directories, said: “We’re delighted with the results of the Yellow Woods Challenge in Islington and are proud to be helping so many young people understand the importance of caring for the environment and woodland.”
Bridget Fox, Deputy Leader of the Council at Islington Council, said: “"Our local schools are already great recycling champions but this competition has really brought out the best in them.
Congratulations to St Mary Magdalene and Ambler on their success and well done to all the schools who helped us protect the environment by keeping directories out of landfill.”
For further information about the Tree For All campaign, visit www.treeforall.org.uk/yell
