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Royal Visit Commemorates Wastesavers 25th Birthday

21 February 2011

WasteserversHer Royal Highness: The Princess Royal visited local environmental charity Wastesavers Charitable Trust, to commemorate its 25the year of relentless work towards education and awareness creation in re-using and recycling in Newport.

HRH The Princess Royal met with the Education and Reuse Manager, Carole Fereday, at Wastesavers and spoke to local school children from Lliswerry Primary. She also spent time talking to staff and learning more about the recycling scheme the company manages in partnership with Newport City Council.

The staff from Wastesavers Community Furniture project in Pillgwenlly were also honored with a visit by HRH The Princess Royal, who showed keen interest in learning about the work done by the Charity with young people who have been excluded from school, enabling them to gain key skills through practical work in the bike repair, woodwork and plumbing workshops.

HRH The Princess Royal also unveiled a commemorative plaque and cut Wastesavers 25th birthday cake as part of the celebration.

Penny Williams, Chief Executive of Wastesavers Charitable Trust, commented on the occasion: "We were honored to celebrate the success of Wastesavers in the presence of HRH Princess Royal. We have been supported by so many people over the years including Newport City Council, and the visit today was a celebration of everyone's hard work and efforts."

 Wastesavers Charitable Trust and its trading arm Wastesavers Charitable Trust Limited manage a number of services in South East Wales including kerbside collection of recyclables from all Newport households and the collection of commercial recycling from businesses in South East Wales.

 The Mayor of Newport, Cllr William Langsford said: "The charity has worked hard to improve the local environment, economy and society of Newport through its re-use, recycling, education and training programmes. We hope that this positive action will continue and that we will be celebrating their success in another 25 years time."