School kids name Herefordshire’s new fleet of recycling and waste collection lorries
Herefordshire Council and its waste and recycling partner FCC Environment have announced the winners of a very special competition for primary school pupils to name the fleet of 28 recycling and waste collections lorries.
The fleet includes two brand new, state of the art eCollect all-electric Collection Vehicles that are in action to collect our recyclable material and help us all to be more ‘clued up’ about what we can recycle from home.
Cllr Elissa Swinglehurst, Cabinet Member Environment, said: “We are delighted to have been able to ask primary school children from across the county to help us name our amazing new recycling and waste collection lorries. It was a great opportunity for our young people to think creatively over the Easter holidays as well as giving us all a chance to get ‘clued up’ about what we can all recycle from home.”
The competition was open to the following age groups: 3 to 5 years, 6 to 7 years, 8 to 11 years and all entrants had to do was come up with a cracking creative name for one or more lorry. The winners were:
Ronald the Recycler Henry Fletcher
Caty the Collector Scarlett Joiner
Binderella Grace Tokalau
Eco moo-ver Mason Burnett
The waste wizard Harley price
Lord of the Bins Lillie Jones and Darcey Stephens
Mr Bin Harry Phillips
Binnie Ava Shaw
Gretta Garbage Poppy Buckley
Green warriors Josephine Lijo
Dusty Daisy dustbin Iris Lear
Diagon Trashy Martha Dimmock
Recyclosaurus Rex Elsie Manns
Garret ‘The Garbage Man’ Garrison Peregrine Phillips
Chitty Chitty bin bin Lilia Beddoes
Ziggy Starbin Summer Beddoes
Ben the bin man boy Lilia Beddoes-Griffiths
Lightening McClean Charlie Jenkins
Rexy Thomas Stanyer
Save the World Ellie Money
Binotron Jake Halfpenny
Recycle Michael Orla Rose Murray
Binenium Falcon Isaac brown
Recycla Bull Maisie
Lambor-greenie Chester Colebatch
DAN Lena Strickland
The Earth Saver Federico de mattia
Hasty Wastey Violet Papworth
Each successful entrant was invited to attend the FCC Environment depot in Hereford on 28 April to meet some of the lorries in person and meet with some of the great men and women who look after, manage, drive and collect our recycling and waste in them. Entrants got to go in the lorries, have their picture taken with their winning name and get their own competition winner certificate to take home.
Lorna, aged 9, chose the name Dan for her lorry because “I have been waving at Dan and the crew every week for 5 years. I love how friendly they are and I have enjoyed meeting them here today in ‘Dan’ the lorry.”
FCC Environment will also donate two apple trees to each school that took part.