Jessica’s recycling message

10:10am Monday 5th May 2008

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FOR some artists it takes a lifetime to get such recognition.

But one six-year-old schoolgirl is to have art displayed across York.

Jessica Nockels, a pupil of Poppleton Road Primary School, will have her art work exhibited around the city later this month after winning a competition to help encourage schools to recycle their waste.

Jessica's design, on the theme of Recycling At School, was chosen from 550 others from 15 different schools, and will be used on City of York Council's school recycling lorry.

The competition was open to all pupils aged ten or under in York schools.

Jessica was one of the youngest children taking part.

The competition was run by the council's waste and recycling team as part of the authority's Neighbourhood Pride campaigns and links with a new initiative to improve the recycling service to York schools. This year, for the first time, schools receive recycling collections once every fortnight, and each school has been provided with external recycling storage bins.

As well as having her winning design posted on the council's school recycling lorry, Jessica's school will receive a three-seater bench made from recycled plastic for its play area and recycling containers for the classrooms.

The second-placed design was by Seren Metcalf, of Lakeside Primary School, who won the 7-11 age category.

Runners up were Ruby Ewing, of Scarcroft Primary School, and Trudi Golding, of Poppleton Road Primary School, in the four to six age category, Megan Smith, of Carr Junior School, and Chloe Hopper, of Lakeside Primary School, in the seven to 11 age category.