A recycling project dedicated to educating schools and communities about reusing crisp and confectionery packets has been literally drowned in 1000s of applications.

The British Ironworks relaunched their Coral the Clownfish national recycling educational project last weekend, which features large metal fish sculptures that travel to schools around the nation, ready to be filled with crisp packets and confectionary wrappers for recycling. The hope is that schools help their children to re-use these crisp packets, and turn them into something wonderful, such as art projects or even thermal foil blankets for those in need.

In anticipation for the relaunch, it was thought that another handful of schools would step forward, but shockingly thousands of entries and messages started to flood in. ‘Coral’ the clownfish has already travelled to hundreds of schools around the nation, and is looking forward to an extremely busy upcoming schedule!

The British Ironworks Centre is now in the brainstorming phase of how best to meet the tidal wave of demand, with the team thinking of ways to be able to accommodate everyone that has stepped forward.

Currently, there are six different coloured clown fish sculptures travelling across the UK. To accommodate demands, they would need at least 100 fish. The Ironwork Centre is publicly asking if other businesses or the government environmental team might be able to help.