Irish schools full of bright ideas in tea light recycling competition organized by Alupro

A campaign launched late last year to encourage children in the greater Dublin to seek out used tea lights for recycling and to let their creativity shine with a recycling-themed colouring competition was a huge success, according to organisers Alupro Ireland. The competition, which ran until the end of January 2016, in conjunction with IKEA, WEEE and co-financed by EAFA, the European Aluminium Foil Association, attracted 1,600 very colourful competition entries.

Representatives from the winning school, Hedgestown National School in Lusk, plus the age category winners attended a special ceremony at IKEA in Dublin to collect their prizes. EAFA’s executive director Guido Aufdemkamp also attended to see the entries and congratulate the winners.

Both Alupro Ireland manager Karen Mahon and IKEA’s Regional Sustainability Manager, Grainne Breen pronounced themselves highly satisfied with the result and believe the campaign certainly raised awareness of the wide range of alufoil container which can be recycled.