Young people from two schools in Cherwell district have seen their award-winning designs installed on two of the council’s bin lorries.
Published: Thursday, 23rd November 2023
Pupils from across north Oxfordshire unleashed their creativity earlier this year as part of a competition launched by Cherwell District Council to celebrate 20 years of kerbside recycling collections.
The winners are Ava Smith and Mollie Malcher from Christopher Rawlins School in Adderbury and Skyler from Southwold Primary School in Bicester. In recognition of their achievement, they received special visits from members of the waste and recycling team this week, so they could admire their artwork, which now emblazons large panels on the two lorries.
Councillor Adam Nell, Deputy Leader of the Council, said: “I can think of no better way to celebrate 20 years of kerbside recycling collections than by adding a dash of colour and creativity from the district’s young recyclers to our bin lorries.
“We asked local schoolchildren to send in their designs based on the theme of celebrating recycling. With over 100 designs submitted to the panel of judges, the two winners are a credit to their respective schools.
“Over the years we have run an innovative recycling service, with the addition of new programmes for complex materials like electronics and coffee pods. But in the years to come young people will absolutely be at the forefront of the continued shift to a more sustainable way of living, so it is very fitting to see their passion for the environment captured on two of our bin lorries in this way.”
The two designs both feature on the two bin lorries, one of which empties bins in the north of the district and the other of which works in the south.