CHILDREN are being urged to recycle by Freda the frog.

Freda is Stockton Borough Council's recycling mascot and who is showing youngsters the benefits of recycling through an online game called Duncan's Football.

Players have to make Duncan, one of Freda's friends, kick a selection of household waste items into the appropriate container for recycling.

The game can be found on Freda's fan club website at www.fredathefrog.co.uk/ football.php

At least 7,892 tonnes of household waste was recycled in the borough of Stockton between April 2003 and March last year.