# Yellow Pages schools recycling scheme raises £196,000 for Woodland Trust

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/06/13/yellow-pages-schools-recycling-scheme-raises-196000-woodland-trust/
- Published: 2006-06-13T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

More than 1.3 million young people across the UK have helped to raise enough money
to plant the equivalent of 12.2 hectares of new woodland in the UK.
The schoolchildren
have been collecting old Yellow Pages directories for recycling and competing for
cash prizes in the Yellow Woods Challenge, the schools environmental competition
run by Yellow Pages, working with the Woodland Trust and local authorities across
the UK.

 

 

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For every pound Yellow Pages has awarded to schools since the campaign began in 
2002, a matching pound has been given to the Woodland Trust.

 

 

The Yellow Woods Challenge was launched in September 2002 and is an annual schools
competition. The campaign aims to recycle old Yellow Pages directories and save 
landfill; educate children about the environment and support the Woodland Trust’s“
Tree For All” tree planting campaign. By the end of the 2006 Challenge, Yellow Pages
will have awarded around £224,000 to schools with £224,000 match funding for the
Woodland Trust.

 

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