HORRABRIDGE Primary school children Daniella, Adam and Lee Thyler joined the recycling team of West Devon Council to launch a unique aluminium cans recycling appeal, which will benefit the school, the borough . . . and Africa. For every tonne of aluminium cans collected from household kerbside green recycling boxes and banks in the borough, West Devon will receive a native tree. At the same time, a tree will also be donated to a sustainable forest project in West Africa. The aim is to encourage all householders in West Devon to collect as many cans as they can and put them in their boxes for recycling. The more cans West Devon residents collect, the more trees for the borough and Africa. The Trees for the UK/Trees for Africa campaign is sponsored by not-for-profit national organisation Alupro, an aluminium packaging and recycling organisation. Trees for planting locally will be selected from a list of native species such as English Oak, Scots Pine, Silver Birch and Rowan. Trees for Africa will be grown from seed in the nurseries of the Gabio Forest project in Burkina Faso, and have been chosen for their food and medicinal uses. Mango, Cashew and Baobab trees also encourage the production of honey, which is sold to provide income for the five village communities involved in the project. In West Devon, local schools, including Horrabridge Primary, have signed up to receive their own planting kits and educational resource packs from Alupro. For further information call Andrew Barron, West Devon?s recycling education officer on 01822 813600.
