Trees planted to celebrate West Devon schools recycling - 10 June 2005
Youngsters at Gulworthy Primary School and Meavy C of E Primary School have each won £300 for their school by collecting Yellow Pages directories in a recycling competition.Over recent weeks, 1,941 pupils at 14 schools across West Devon have taken on the Yellow Woods Challenge - the simple, educational and fun schools environmental campaign run by Yellow Pages and the Woodland Trust working with West Devon Borough Council. The schools have been collecting old Yellow Pages directories for recycling and a total of 10.4 tonnes will now be recycled into animal bedding by the Cornwall Paper Company.
Gulworthy 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. Meavy C of E Primary School receives this year’s ‘Silver Birch’, winning £200, and also wins £100 cash for collecting the most Yellow Pages directories in total. Mary Tavy & Brentor 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 Lamerton C of E Primary School, Milton Abbot School and North Tawton Primary School for achieving 4th, 5th and 6th place in the local Yellow Woods Challenge. Jane Savage at West Devon Borough 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 West Devon and are proud to be helping so many young people understand the importance of caring for the environment and woodland.”
Jane Savage, waste reduction and recycling officer with West Devon Borough Council, said: “This has been a fantastic competition and I thank everyone who has supported their local school and helped us protect the environment by keeping thousands of directories out of landfill.”
For further information about the Tree For All campaign, visit www.treeforall.org.uk/yell
