Items created from an old sewing machine, bicycle tubes, a cable spool and recovered timber all triumphed as overall winners in the Upcycle Challenge 2017 competition prize-giving event on Friday 24th November.
Westmeath Co. Council Leas-Cathaoirleach, Cllr. Tom Farrell, presented Martin McLaughlin (Connacht-Ulster Region), Hana Tesarova (Eastern-Midlands Region), IRD Duhallow Furniture Revamp (Southern Region) and the Allihies Men’s Sheds Group (Men’s Shed National Category) with their winners certificate and €1000 prizes.
Westmeath Co. Council Leas-Cathaoirleach, Cllr. Tom Farrell with pupils from Doora National school, County Clare, Leon Guerin and Lianda McGuire try out the Upcycled Wellies equipement which got an Honourable Mention for the school in the upcycling completion Photo: Ray Ryan
Dr. Shane Colgan, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Martin McLaughlin, Carndonagh, Co. Donegal winner with an old sewing machine transformed into a hall table and Sinead Ni Mhainnin, Connacht/Ulster Regional Waster Officer, in the upcycling completion run as part of National Reuse Month. It is funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Regional Waste Management Offices and is run in conjunction with Free Trade Ireland. The aim of the completion is to promote reuse and waste prevention by inspiring individuals and communities to get creative and innovative with materials that would otherwise be discarded as waste. The awards were took place in St. Kieran’s Community Centre in Athlone. Photo: Ray Ryan
Westmeath Co. Council Leas-Cathaoirleach, Cllr. Tom Farrell presents Hana Tesarova, Edenderry winner in the Eastern-Midlands Waste Management Region with her Weekend Bag’s made from bicycle tubes, in the upcycling completion run as part of National Reuse Month. It is funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Regional Waste Management Offices and is run in conjunction with Free Trade Ireland. The aim of the completion is to promote reuse and waste prevention by inspiring individuals and communities to get creative and innovative with materials that would otherwise be discarded as waste. The awards were took place in St. Kieran’s Community Centre in Athlone. Photo: Ray Ryan
Sinead Ni Mhainnin, Connacht/Ulster Regional Waster Officer, Dr. Shane Colgan, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Philip Jordan, Gort Mens shed, Mark Molloy, Enviornment Section, Galway County Council and Andrew Melia, Gort Mens shed with there Storage Chest made from from pallets (Pirate style!) who got an Honourable Mention in the upcycling completion run as part of National Reuse Month. It is funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Regional Waste Management Offices and is run in conjunction with Free Trade Ireland. The aim of the completion is to promote reuse and waste prevention by inspiring individuals and communities to get creative and innovative with materials that would otherwise be discarded as waste. The awards were took place in St. Kieran’s Community Centre in Athlone. Photo: Ray Ryan
Westmeath Co. Council Leas-Cathaoirleach, Cllr. Tom Farrell presents Teacher Geraldine Greene and pupils Lianda McGuire and Leon Guerin from Doora National school in the Southern Waste Management Region for there for there Exercise Equipment, in the upcycling completion run as part of National Reuse Month. It is funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Regional Waste Management Offices and is run in conjunction with Free Trade Ireland. The aim of the completion is to promote reuse and waste prevention by inspiring individuals and communities to get creative and innovative with materials that would otherwise be discarded as waste. The awards were took place in St. Kieran’s Community Centre in Athlone. Photo: Ray Ryan
Westmeath Co. Council Leas-Cathaoirleach, Cllr. Tom Farrell (right) presents Colm O’Connor and Jessica Baron from IRD Duhallow Furniture Revamp, Cork in the Southern Waste Management Region for there for there Tyre Foot Stool, in the upcycling completion run as part of National Reuse Month. It is funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Regional Waste Management Offices and is run in conjunction with Free Trade Ireland. The aim of the completion is to promote reuse and waste prevention by inspiring individuals and communities to get creative and innovative with materials that would otherwise be discarded as waste. The awards were took place in St. Kieran’s Community Centre in Athlone. Photo: Ray Ryan
Westmeath Co. Council Leas-Cathaoirleach, Cllr. Tom Farrell (sitting left) presents Allihies Men’s Shed from West Cork 1st prize to P.J. O’Sullivan, Noel O’Sullivan, Paddy Lowrey, Michael Joe O’Sullivan and David Dudley in the Mens Shed section for there for there 6-Seater Garden Table from a cable spooll, in the upcycling completion run as part of National Reuse Month. It is funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Regional Waste Management Offices and is run in conjunction with Free Trade Ireland. The aim of the completion is to promote reuse and waste prevention by inspiring individuals and communities to get creative and innovative with materials that would otherwise be discarded as waste. The awards were took place in St. Kieran’s Community Centre in Athlone. Photo: Ray Ryan
Westmeath Co. Council Leas-Cathaoirleach, Cllr. Tom Farrell (centre) presents James Shiels and Danny McDaid from Letterkenny Mens Shed in the Men’s Sheds Section for there for there Chess Table, in the upcycling completion run as part of National Reuse Month. It is funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Regional Waste Management Offices and is run in conjunction with Free Trade Ireland. The aim of the completion is to promote reuse and waste prevention by inspiring individuals and communities to get creative and innovative with materials that would otherwise be discarded as waste. The awards were took place in St. Kieran’s Community Centre in Athlone. Photo: Ray Ryan
