Recycle Cans October03

							NEWS FROM
17 October 2003


         RECYCLE YOUR CANS TO HELP US GET TREES!



LOCAL residents are being challenged to get into the recycling habit and really
turn our district green. Over the following months every kilo of cans recycled will
count towards a tree that will be planted in the district.

The Council has teamed up with the national company Alupro as part of a
nation-wide programme to plant over 35,000 trees next year across the UK.
Currently over 17% of our rubbish is recycled in the district, the aim of this
scheme is to increase this figure and help benefit where we live.

The Manager of the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation said “ It
couldn’t be easier to recycle your cans, simply put them in your can banks or in
your kerbside box-every can counts!”

It is hoped that the programme will encourage more residents to recycle if they
can see the benefits of recycling on their doorstep. Karen Evans, Recycling
Promotions Officer says, “ This scheme is a brilliant opportunity to help increase
recycling and to help maintain where we live, we are all very excited about the
outcome.”

Cans for Trees is also running in schools across the area alongside the
successful Cash for Cans promotion offering schools the opportunity to raise
money for themselves. The aim of the scheme is to help educate the generation
of tomorrow to the importance of recycling.

The trees awarded for the amount of cans collected will be planted across North
Dorset in autumn 2004
                        Remember every can counts!

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For more information contact Karen Evans, Recycling Promotions Officer
on (01258) 484019
Photocaption: Local Councillors and workers, Members from the
Stourcastle Daycare Centre and Pupils from St Leonard’s School,
Blandford.