PUPILS from St Benedict’s Catholic High School have made it to the finals of a national competition aimed at budding inventors. Alisha Seath, 13, and Isabelle Ritchie,14, gained their places in the final of the Amazon Longitude Explorer of the Year Prize for their design of the Ecoknow app. The app would scan household rubbish and indicate where the nearest, suitable recycling point would be for any waste, as well as informing the user of the item's carbon footprint. Judges commented that the girl’s entry was even more impressive since they came up with their invention whilst working remotely at the height of lockdown. The pair are one of 40 finalists in the running, after more than 150 people applied to the competition.