HOSPICE fundraisers are appealing for transport to help move a money-spinning paper mountain.
Volunteers at the Butterwick Hospice at Bishop Auckland won The Northern Echo's environmental competition Making a Difference after judges learned that their waste recycling scheme brought in £40,000 over five years. They raise £500 a month by selling paper, cardboard and aluminium cans.
Organiser Bernard Harrison wants to expand the scheme by operating a collection service, but needs transport big enough to carry the waste.
He said: "This is a regular source of income. We want to offer a regular collection service but we can only do it if we have transport and drivers."
The hospice has collection skips for newspapers and magazines at Spennymoor, Woodhouse Close and Frosterley and needs more sites in the Teesdale and Wear Valley, and Sedgefield borough.
Anyone who would like to help can call (01388) 603003
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