Yellow is the new green at Dungannon & South Tyrone schools - 19 April 2005
Youngsters at St Mary’s Primary School, Fivemiletown, have won £300 for their school by collecting the most Yellow Pages directories per pupil in a recycling competition.Over the last 12 weeks, more than 4,000 pupils at 22 schools across Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough 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 Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council. The schools have been collecting old Yellow Pages directories for recycling and a total of 4.4 tonnes will now be recycled into egg boxes by Huhtamaki in Lurgan.
St Mary’s Primary School in Fivemiletown is celebrating its success in winning the local ‘Gold Oak’ title and the top prize money of £300 for collecting 8 directories per pupil. Augher Central Primary School receives this year’s ‘Silver Birch’, winning £200, and St Malachy’s Primary School, Ballygawley receives the ‘Bronze Beech’ title and £100. St Malachy’s Primary School also wins £100 cash for collecting the most Yellow Pages directories in total. 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 Blessed Patrick O’Loughran School, Sperrinview Special School and Fivemiletown Controlled Primary School for achieving 4th, 5th and 6th place in the local Yellow Woods Challenge. Jason Patterson at Dungannon and South Tyrone 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 Dungannon and South Tyrone and are proud to be helping so many young people understand the importance of caring for the environment and woodland.”
Jason Patterson, ARENA recycling officer with Dungannon and South Tyrone 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
