Christmas decorations with a twist

19/12/2012

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Christmas decorations with a twist

Mayor Cllr Cathal King presented prizes to the winners of the South Dublin County Council’s Christmas Decorations with a twist competition. Over 100 entries were submitted and the standard was very high with imaginative decorations made from everyday items of waste such as yogurt cartons, straws, toilet roll inserts, tinfoil, paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, milk cartons, cereal boxes and plastic bags.

Mayor King said “Every year I look forward to seeing the results of this competition I am amazed by people’s creativity with recyclable materials. These young people through creative ideas transformed recyclable materials into unique charming and delightful Christmas decorations for everyone to admire.”

The Mayor continued to say “I would also like to give a special mention to Loreto Primary school who ran a competition for the entire school decorating their Christmas tree and putting forward the best decorations from each year to the South Dublin County Council “Christmas decorations with a twist” competition. I congratulate everyone who entered and indeed their parents and teachers and wish everyone a very happy Green Christmas”.

The winning entries are:

• Category under 10 years:
  • Angelo Ferreira
  • Justine Gribben
  • Melissa Dos Santos
• Category 11 to 18 years:
  • Erika Diadko
  • Anna- Maria Todirascu
• Category 18+:
  • Cornelius Brennan

Each winner will receive a prize of environmentally friendly LED Christmas Lights which are sponsored by B & Q.

South Dublin County Council encourages all householders to recycle their festive packaging at bring banks around the County or in their recycle bins. Recycling information and Christmas Tree recycling details can be viewed at www.sdcc.ie

Some tips for an environmentally friendly Christmas:

· If you're not sure what to buy, why not buy gift vouchers and avoid wasteful production of unwanted goods at the same time.

· Gift tags can be made from old greetings cards.

· Pass any unwanted presents on to your local charity shop rather than throwing them away - there is sure to be someone who will like them!

· Say no to unwanted bags! Always use a reusable shopping bag or reuse plastic bags. Don't accept bags that you don't need.

· When shopping, avoid goods which involve unnecessary packaging or complicated mixed material packaging which can make recycling difficult.

· Recycle used batteries

· Avoid using paper plates, cups and serviettes if you are planning a party.

· Buy Recycled! Buying products that have a recycled content is just as important as actually recycling

· Choose decorations which can be reused, rather than flimsy ones which will be used once and thrown away.

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  Decorations winners