Project Integra - Press Release - Hampshire Leads the Way



	RECYCLING TO BE REWARDED WITH A THOUSAND TREES 3 August 2005 Hampshire residents have the power to turn aluminium into living, breathing trees. But it’s not done by magic, just by recycling. Hampshire councils, working together as Project Integra, have joined forces with the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) to provide free trees just by recycling aluminium cans. Under this imaginative scheme, one tree will be planted for every tonne of aluminium cans collected. The trees will be planted in local parks, schools and woodland and include several native species such as oak, pine, silver birch and rowan. Two years ago when the campaign was launched, Alupro donated 35,000 trees across the UK. Head of the Project Integra Management Board, Councillor Roland Dibbs, commented: “I am excited that Hampshire councils are supporting this campaign. Making pure aluminium from raw materials uses 20 times more energy than making it from recycled cans. Recycling saves fossil fuel and reduces carbon emissions. With residents’ help we could provide more than a thousand trees which will also help soak up carbon dioxide as they grow.” Project Integra Executive Officer, Steve Read, added: “Hampshire residents do not need to do any more than just remember to recycle all their cans in their kerbside collection or at a recycling bank. I am sure with the positive attitude that Hampshire people already have to recycling, we can plant at least a thousand trees in return. Steel cans are just as recyclable as aluminium, so you don’t even need to check what they are made of, just keep recycling them!” Notes to Editors Project Integra is the name for the partnership of local authorities in Hampshire and a private contractor (Onyx Hampshire) that is responsible for waste management and recycling in the county. Through the ‘Recycle for Hampshire’ campaign that is running now, Project Integra is trying to get everybody recycling more things more often. The scheme will apply to all aluminium cans collected in Hampshire between April 2005 and September 2006. For more details on the scheme, see Alupro’s website www.alupro.org.uk. For more details on the Recycle for Hampshire campaign, see www.recycleforhampshire.org.uk Contact Steve Read Executive Officer, Project Integra c/o The Old College College Street Petersfield GU31 4AG Tel 01730 235806, fax 01730 263622, mobile 07836 544686 3 August 2005

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