Message from Wester Ross kids is clear
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PUPILS at two Wester Ross schools have drawn on their artistic talents to bring home the importance of recycling to the wider community.
Following success in Highland Council’s recycling mural competition, the youngsters will now see their award-winning designs produced as banners which will go on display at the local authority’s recycling centres in Ullapool and Gairloch.
The competition run by the local authority’s waste aware team proved to be very popular with 55 primary schools submitting a total of 119 entries, all showing a wide array of styles and ideas.
Chairman of the TEC services committee, Councillor John Laing, who was on the judging panel and declared himself very impressed with the high standard of artwork produced.
He said, "The creativity and imagination of the young people is incredible and all of the entries had come up with clever, eye-catching ways to promote the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle message. It was obvious that a lot of hard work had thought had gone into all the designs which made my job as one of the judges very difficult.
"After much deliberation the entry from Badcaul was chosen to be displayed at the Ullapool recycling centre and the entry from Poolewe was selected for the Gairloch recycling centre.
"It really is encouraging to see our young people are so aware of important recycling issues and I would like to congratulate everyone involved."
