Recycled Christmas Decoration Competition

Recycled Christmas Competition 2024 

🎄 The Recycling Christmas Decoration Competition is Back! 🎄 

In Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council we are dreaming of a Green Christmas and are delighted to announce the return of the Recycled Christmas Competition for 2024. 

 The school-favourite competition tasks primary students across the county to save Christmas (and waste!) by transforming their unused household items into fantastic festive decorations. The competition, which has run for over 20 years, has seen thousands of inventive decorations from students which show that reuse and recycling can be the answer to overconsumption this Christmas.  

Entrants to the competition will be celebrated during our Recycling Christmas Celebration Ceremony, including awards for the age categories, spot prizes and festive activities.  

For more information, please see the key points below and if you have any questions please contact envaware@dlrcoco.ie and we will be happy to help 

So, everyone to Gather your materials, raid your recycling bins, and let your imagination run wild. Get crafting!’🎨♻📦✂ 

Key Points:

Who can enter? 

• This year, in order to bring the competition back to in person, we are inviting one ‘School Champion’ from each school. 

• If a school wishes to, they can host their own competition to see what decorations gets chosen! 

• Only one entry per school can be accepted, joint entries cannot be accepted. 

• The competition is open to all primary level schools within dlr.  

How to enter 

• The application form must be filled out and submitted with the entry. 

• Entries can be submitted in two ways 

• Drop your decoration and application form into the Civic Hub (Please mark it for the Environmental Awareness Section and the Recycled Christmas Decoration Competition) 

• Post your decoration and application form to the following address: 

Environment Awareness Section, 

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, 

Environment and Culture Department, 

County Hall, 

Marine Rd, 

Dún Laoghaire 

Type of Decoration 

• Decorations should be made from everyday household items and things you no longer have a use for. Extra points will be awarded to decorations that have been fully made using recyclable materials (e.g. cardboard, paper, hard plastic) or upcycled materials. 

• Entries must include a written description of the materials used and how the decoration was made. 

• The decoration should be able to fit and hang from our Christmas tree. 

• All entries must be submitted with an official Application form. 

Example decorations 

• Decorations from previous years are shown in the gallery at the bottom of this page. 

At the bottom of this page, you will find the application form and poster attached.  

If you have any questions regarding the competition, please don't hesitate to contact Envaware@dlrcoco.ie and we’ll be happy to help.