Eco-friendly youngsters scoop prize (From Stourbridge News)

Eco-friendly youngsters scoop prize

5:32pm Monday 20th October 2008

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ECO-friendly youngsters from The Brier School, Kingswinford, have scooped £300 for collecting the most Yellow Pages of all Dudley schools in a national recycling competition.

The school, which was awarded a Gold Oak, was one of 32 from across the borough to take part in the Yellow Woods Challenge.

The schools collected more than 16 tonnes of directories for recycling in total, with The Brier leading the way with more than seven per pupil Seeds to trees kits have also been awarded to the top six schools and for every pound that has been awarded to the participating schools, Yellow Pages has donated a matching pound to the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity, the Woodland Trust.

Dudley Council’s cabinet member for the environment - Councillor Karen Shakespeare - said: “We’re delighted so many Dudley schools have helped us to recycle by taking part in the Yellow Woods Challenge.

“In the past it hasn’t been possible for us to recycle the Yellow Pages directories but due to a change in the way the directory is produced, residents can now recycle them through their black box recycling scheme.”

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