Consumables
AYLESFORD NEWSPRINT AND AYLESBURY VALE BRING FASHION AND RECYCLING TO THE CATWALK ONCE AGAIN
Monday 04. April 2011 - Winners of the Outstanding School Category from Aylesbury High School
The annual Aylesbury Vale District Council Recycled Clothes Show proved to be yet another success by continuing to engage young people with the theme of recycling through its popular fashion extravaganza.
The show attracted more than 400 Buckinghamshire students to take part in the event, organised by Aylesbury Vale District Council and held at The Swan Theatre, Wycombe. It was Aylesford Newsprints second year sponsoring the shows Outstanding School category, where the winning team won a workshop with local artist Nicola Rowsell to create a recycled sculpture for their school.
This years show took the theme of countries and culture, with primary school students designing, making and exhibiting accessories on the night. Participating secondary school entrants had to make and model fashion eco-outfits made of unwanted textiles, paper and other waste materials.
The panel of judges who assessed the entries was impressed with the standard of the students creative and inventive designs. Judges commended entrants for both their originality and the source of materials used, as well as how well they represented the shows theme, countries.
Winner of the Outstanding School category was Aylesbury High School, which was selected for the dedication of both the pupils and teachers to the environmental and ethical principles behind the project. Representatives from the school were thrilled with the award, as were the other 30 winners who received prizes on the night.
Commenting on the event, Andrew Perkins, Head of Recycling at Aylesford Newsprint, said: “Aylesford Newsprint is delighted that the Recycled Clothes Show has continued in its success. It is amazing how students can turn waste into such works of art, but that is not the only value this design competition brings to the Aylesbury Vale area. It is events like this that will really encourage waste reduction for the future. By educating these students about waste and the importance of recycling we can make the next generation both environmentally responsible and more aware of the waste they produce.”
Entrant from Amersham High School exhibits her design at the show
The shows catwalk was the events main attraction but all entrants also participated in fun educational workshops, covering the environmental, social and ethical impacts of the fashion industry. The workshops supported the clothes show event by encouraging students to think about how the 3Rs – reduce, reuse and recycle – can help minimise these impacts.
The Recycled Clothes Show, is part of the Rethink Rubbish at School programme provided by the Waste Partnership for Buckinghamshire. The scheme was launched some 17 years ago and aims to support and influence waste education and waste management in schools.
Aylesford Newsprint manufactures 100% recycled newsprint and is one of the UKs leading reprocessors of recovered paper. The company is responsible for the recycling of one in seven of every newspapers currently bought in the UK.