RECYCLING: Schools turn Yellow Pages green

9:13am Tuesday 1st July 2008

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SCHOOLCHILDREN showed their support for a greener east Herts by recycling more than 3,000 Yellow Pages directories.

Twenty-five schools in the district took part in the Yellow Woods Challenge – an educational and fun environmental campaign run by Yellow Pages, the Woodland Trust, East Herts Council and the council’s refuse and recycling contractors Enterprise.

Pupils were encouraged to take old directories into school for recycling while learning about green issues in the classroom.

The schools competed against each other for the chance to win cash prizes from Yellow Pages and Enterprise for recycling the highest number of old directories per pupil.

Spellbrook Primary scooped the Gold Oak title and won £400 for recycling three directories per pupil. The Silver Birch award and £300 prize money went to All Saints Primary School and Nursery in Bishop’s Stortford.

The top-performing schools were honoured at a celebratory event in the council chamber at Pegs Lane, Hertford. Every school that took part will receive a certificate from campaign mascot, Kirk, a giant bright yellow and green woodland bug.

East Herts Council chairman Diane Hollebon said: “This was an excellent opportunity for schools and residents to work together to benefit the environment. “All the schools should be very proud of themselves for collecting the directories and also for their truly wonderful imaginative sculptures which helped to raise funds for their schools.”

Richard Duggleby, head of external relations at Yell, publisher of Yellow Pages directories, said: “East Herts schools collected 3,144 old directories, which will now be recycled into card and corrugated board.”

For every pound awarded to schools by Yellow Pages a matching pound has been given to the Woodland Trust – the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity.