Pupils’ Art Promotes Recycling

Ten budding young artists have won the chance to see their artwork promoting the importance of recycling out on the roads of Kent and Medway.

The drawing competition was organised by Countrystyle Recycling to inspire young children across Kent, highlighting the need to recycle more. The winning pieces of artwork were enlarged, printed and fixed to one of the company’s lorries that will be in use for the next 12 months.

Countrystyle Recycling, a commercial waste management and recycling services company, organised the competition as part of its ongoing work with schools across Kent and Medway from its head office in Ridham, Swale. The company is part of the family-owned Kent-based Heathcote Holdings, which are leaders in organics, recycling, waste management, industry innovation, agriculture and land management.

The winning Year 3 and 4 pupils were from Boughton Under Blean and Dunkirk School, near Canterbury; East Farleigh Primary, near Maidstone; Seabrook CoE Primary in Hythe; and Swingate Primary in Chatham.

Martin Heathcote, Chief Executive of Countrystyle Recycling, said: “As a farming family with years of experience in waste management, we know that it is important to teach children about where their food comes from, what happens to the waste we produce and what we can do to reuse and recycle more.

“The Living Land event was a fantastic opportunity to have that conversation which has led to us turning one of our trucks into a mobile art gallery and spreading the message about recycling across the communities we serve.”

The competition was launched at last year’s Living Land event, which welcomed more than 2,000 children from across the county and was hosted by Kent County Agricultural Society.