Inverlochy pupils see their award winning mural unveiled

An award winning mural designed by the P3/4 pupils from Inverlochy Primary promoting the recycling message has been used to create an eye-catching banner which is now on display at the Council’s Recycling Centre in Fort William.

The competition run by the Council’s Waste Aware Team proved to be very popular with 55 primary schools submitting a total of 119 entries, showing a wide array of styles and ideas.

Chairman of the TEC Services Committee, Councillor John Laing, was on the judging panel and was very impressed with the high standard of artwork produced by all the pupils who took part.  He said:  “The creativity and imagination of the young people is incredible and all of the entries had come up with clever, eye-catching ways to promote the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle message.  It was obvious that a lot of hard work and thought had gone into all the designs which made my job as one of the judges very difficult.  After much deliberation the entry from Inverlochy was chosen to be displayed at the Fort William Recycling Centre.  It is encouraging to see our young people are so aware of important recycling issues. The mural banners will help to remind us all to make full use of the wide range of waste recycling facilities at our network of Recycling Centres.”  

The pupils from the school visited the Recycling Centre on Thursday 30th June to unveil their winning entry.