It's Your World: Recycle to school

Sep 2 2009 by Jade Wright, Birkenhead News

No matter how much your children hate their homework, they’ll undoubtedly be needing a set of pencils, pens and notebooks to usher in the new dawn of the school year.

Perhaps the coolest way to send your daughter back to school, then, is through Ecocentric’s bright pink recycled back-to-school stationery set (www.ecocentric.co.uk, now on sale for £7.50). The pens are made from recycled car parts, the pencils from recycled CD cases and the notebooks from recycled juice cartons.

Once your daughter explains to her friends where all her stationery comes from, she’s sure to win a few eco-knowledge nods from the teachers.

And if your son is jealous of her supplies, recycled coloured pencils (with their own felt roll, on sale at £8.39) or a recycled paper pin board (£19) could be just the thing he needs to excel at school this year.

Love Thy Space (www.lovethyspace.co.uk) also sells a variety of pencil cases made from recycled crisp packets, juice cartons or tyres, as well as ringbinders and notebooks, to tickle everyone’s fancy.