Christmas Decoration Competition from Recycled Materials

16/12/2014

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Christmas Decoration Competition from Recycled Materials

On 16th December 2014, the Mayor, Fintan Warfield presented the winners of the Christmas Decoration Recycling Competition with their prizes in the County Hall. There was a fantastic response to the competition which is run annually. The Mayor Fintan Warfield said “Handmade decorations are so precious. Every time you make a decoration or anything from ordinary household recyclable materials, you are helping the environment and creating something unique that can be given as gifts to your family. Once you get into the habit of thinking that way, there is no limit to the things you can create by up-cycling items and making them into new items. Congratulations to everyone.”

The Mayor, continued “I am delighted to be here to present the prizes to the winners of the Christmas Decorations Competition. Remember all over the Christmas to recycle and help the environment and also to recycle your trees at a location near to you after Christmas. This display of Christmas decorations has really added to the Christmas atmosphere in the Council.”

The prize winners are:-

	Name of Winners	School	Area
Overall Prize Winners	Evan Swords Radu Montana Shane Ryan Holly Melia Timi Egbelana Reece Murphy	St Josephs Special School	Balrothery, Dublin 24
1st Prize	Karl O’Neill Tariq Al Mugheiry Thomas Connolly Aman Song	St Ronans National School	Clondalkin
2nd Prize	Maria Lee	Glenasmole National School	Bohernabreena
3rd Prize	Emma Colton Sarah Murphy Cliona Woods Ciara Lawlor	St Josephs College	Lucan
Runner Up Certificates	Aaron Dempsey	St Ronans National School	Clondalkin
	Maja Wrobewska	St Ronans National School	Clondalkin
	Bukky Akinbolade	Devine Mercy National School	Balgaddy
	Lauren Clarke, Laura Whelan& Cheree Kenna	St Marks Community School	Tallaght
	Sean Mulligan	St Kevins Boys National School	Kilnamanagh
	Calum Purcell	St Kevins Boys National School	Kilnamanagh

I would also like to congratulate all the schools and community groups who took part in the competition. Let’s make 2015 the year that the young people lead the way by example in waste prevention and reduce, reuse and recycle. To encourage everyone to consider the effective use of resources and take an active part in re-using and up-cycling South Dublin County Council runs an annual Christmas Decoration competition for all ages, Having seen the decorations that have been created this year, we recommend everyone to put home made decoration on their Christmas list for next year..

Materials can be recycled at the following locations

Ballymount Civic Amenity Centre http://www.sdcc.ie/ballymount-civic-amenity
Bring banks South Dublin County Council has 63 banks around the County http://www.sdcc.ie/services/recycling-waste/bring-banks
Batteries recyclingwww.weeeireland.ie
WEEE recycling: Clondalkin Community Recycling Initiativewww.recycleit.ie

The opening hours for the Ballymount Civic Amenity Centre is as follows:-

Date	Opening Hours
December 24th	9.30 - 15.00
December 25th & 26th	Closed
December 27th	9.00 – 17.30
December 28th 29th & 30th	9.30 – 17.00
December 31st	9.30 – 15.00
January 1st	Closed
January 2nd	Normal opening hours

From Tuesday 6th January to Friday 16th January 2015, there will be a Christmas Tree Collection site in your locality. This facility is for domestic household trees only and not for commercial operators. One tree will be accepted per household/per vehicle. Signage will be placed at the various locations indicating that it is an official recycling point. See link for the official site near you

For more information on how you can recycle more this Christmas visit www.sdcc.ie

Images

Mayor with prize winners parents teachers and staff of SDCC
Mayor with winners 2014 Xmas Decoration competition