WELSH PRIMARY SCHOOLS CAME UP WITH THESE IDEAS FOR LLAETH Y LLAN
EACH year millions of plastic yogurt pots are thrown away or re-purposed as seed pots, pen holders and for storing odds and ends.
But when primary schools across Wales were challenged to come up with some more creative solutions, they delivered in style, devising pot-made robots, lamps, castles and even an airraid shelter.
Some 38 school designs were entered into a competition run by Denbighshire yogurt producer Llaeth y Llan.
Set up to encourage recycling, and to get youngsters thinking about the environment, the contest offered a £1,000 pay-out to each of the top 10 projects.
The 10 school winners were revealed on St David’s Day.
Llaeth y Llan director Gruffudd Roberts said: “With the environment a current global issue, we believe it’s essential to educate children of the importance of recycling to secure the future of our planet.
“We are also proud to fund prizes that will assist the children’s future.”
Judges were celebrity farmer Gareth Wyn Jones, Llanfairfechan, and Daily Post rural affairs editor Andrew Forgrave.
Biggest project was a colourcoordinated tractor built by Ysgol Bodedern, Anglesey, that used 1,215 pots – 365 of them toffee flavoured.
Llaeth y Llan is also running a monthly draw in which schools can win £1,000 if they collect 200 of the company’s yogurt pot lids.
Winners so far include Ysgol Bro Hedd Wyn, Trawsfynydd, which bought six new Chromebooks, and Ysgol Abererch, Pwllheli, which will use the cash to fund a summer school trip.