Help plant fruit trees in Africa (From Tewkesbury Admag)

Help plant fruit trees in Africa

10:42am Monday 5th May 2008

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THE Birches AOC Day Services recycling team is urging recyclers in Tewkesbury to support the centre's aluminium drinks can and foil collections - and help to plant fruit trees in Malawi.

The team, based at Station Road, Tewkesbury, launched the Reycle for Africa collection at Pindar Graphics on Friday with employees from the company and clients from the recycling team.

The company has recently started recycling with the centre.

The Recycle for Africa run by Alupro, working with a British-based charity Ripple Africa, will plant a fruit tree in Malawi for every tonne of aluminium drinks cans and foiled recycled in the UK over the next two years.

The programme will also fund the management of the programme, making sure the fruit trees - orange, lemon, mango and guava - planted in the 135 nurseries, mature and provide a basis for small community businesses in Malawi.

The more cans and foil recycled in Tewkesbury, through all recycling schemes, including kerbside collections and bring banks, the more fruit trees will be planted.

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