The “Paper Magic” scheme in Frogmore Hill, which is managed by the Apsley Paper Trail, provides free collections of A4 waste copier and white waste paper from schools for recycling. The material is then reprocessed into coloured and white paper products.
” We have enrolled 24 secondary schools following a successful pilot and they are already competing with each other on the amount of paper collected.“
– John Watson, Apsley Paper Trail
The project aims to divert 10,000 tonnes of paper waste per annum from landfill by enrolling over 550 schools from the surrounding Apsley region. Schools participating in the scheme will earn “paper points” for each kilogram of paper they collect, which can be used to purchase the paper magic products or for educational visits and workshops at Frogmore Mill.
The scheme is being operated on a local level at this stage and will be available to secondary schools only. However, Apsley Paper Trail and the project partners hope to extend participation to primary schools, colleges, hospitals and other municipal facilities. Ultimately the aim is to roll out the scheme to other locations in the UK.
Successful
Paper Magic project director, John Watson, said: “We have enrolled 24 secondary schools following a successful pilot and they are already competing with each other on the amount of paper collected. We are taking care to ensure that our A4 white office waste paper collections complement other existing waste paper collections from schools.
“By keeping these different qualities of waste paper separated at source it ensures that it is recycled into the most appropriate grades, be it newsprint or schools art paper,” he added.
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Paper Planet Ltd, part of the Pearce Recycling Group, will provide the collection of paper waste from schools and community groups.
Simon Pearce, managing director at Paper Planet Ltd, said: “Take up of the scheme is anticipated to show a sharp rise over the next few months, rather than a gradual one from the start. A fleet of vehicles is already available and can move very quickly to integrate collections into existing commercial rounds.”
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