Ipswich City Council

Waste

National Recycling Week Competition

National Recycling Week 2008 will be celebrated from 10th - 16th November. Watch this space for details of how you can be involved!!

To celebrate National Recycling Week 2007 (5th - 11th November), Ipswich Waste Services held a competition for primary school children. To enter, children were to design and make a Christmas decoration made from recyclable/sustainable materials.

The competition, proudly sponsored by XS Project Foundation attracted more than 50 entries from primary schools throughout Ipswich.

The winners were:

Prep: Lachlan Pyke (Rosewood State School)
Grade 1-3: Chloe DeGlas (Ipswich West State School)
Grade 4 & 5: Brittney Wilson (Grandchester State School)
Grade 6 & 7: Caitlan Eason (Ipswich North State School)

A highly commended was awarded to Declan Tallent from Springfield Lakes State School.

All winners received individual prizes courtesy of XS Project Foundation, which are hand crafted from non-recyclable plastic packaging waste materials which would otherwise end up in landfill. The prizes, which ranged from pencil cases and lunch bags to homework folders and satchel bags were presented to the winners at their school assemblies by their divisional councillor.

Each of the winners' schools also received a set of five environmental education books.

All participants received a participation certificate and a mini-bin courtesy of Ipswich Waste Services.

Winners' Entries

Lachlan Pyke (prep) made a snow cone shaker from a reused empty peanut paste jar, an old plastic toy, glitter and water collected from recent rainfall;

Chloe DeGlas (Grade 1) made a Christmas tree with decorations from a Yellow Pages cover, old steel can, twigs from the garden, advertising mail and an egg carton;

Brittney Wilson (Grade 4) made a Christmas angel from reused office paper, magazines, decorated with aluminium foil, Old Man's Beard (a plant) and coloured plastic beads;

Caitlan Eason (Grade 6) made Santa's Train from cardboard, toilet rolls, an icecream container, used wrapping paper and aluminium foil.

National Recycling Week Letter from Mayor Paul Pisasale (PDF, 27 kb)

National Recycling Week Terms & Conditions (PDF, 15 kb)

National Recycling Week Poster (PDF, 283 kb)

National Recycling Week Information (PDF, 110 kb)

Last Updated 25 Jul 2008 |

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