Become the King or Queen of Upcycle and WIN 1 of 3 prizes valued up to €500...
We've teamed up with with Vintage Irish Kat and The Revamp Tramp to get Ireland thinking creatively about reuse. Especially now more than ever seeing that we are spending more time at home.
How to enter? Simply choose an item to upcycle and go get creative. Use your imagination and get crafty, taking an item of your choice from 'destined for the bin, to guaranteed win!'.
Reduce
Reuse
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It’s simple! We’re challenging you to unearth the imagination within and create something new out of something old…to breathe new life into an old or unwanted item or material. The challenge is an item of your choice from 'destined for the bin, to guaranteed win!!
So if you can find something old and renovate it or turn it into something completely different but still usable, then we want to see it! Whether it's painting an old piece of furniture, decorating a wine bottle to use as a candlestick holder - whatever it is, we will love it. Entry form at the bottom of the page.
So why is it important that we reuse old materials or turn them into something else? Reusing has numerous environmental benefits. It helps to save energy, limits pollution, conserves natural resources and also reduces greenhouse gases emission.
The brilliant Vintage Irish Kat is not letting lockdown prevent her from her from making the most of her time at home. She created this amazing Tiki bar in her garden from wood she found in a skip and added the bamboo that she had from her old fence, she then added a few accessories and voila she has herself a cool new bar out the back. How resourceful is that!! Check her out on instagram here.
Get your thinking cap on and hunt out something old or unwanted that you could upcycle. Think of that chair that would look better painted or that teddy that you could repair. Anything is possible! Maybe get the kids involved.
Being resourceful is reusing, reducing and recycling. We want you to think outside the box, is there something you could redesign or repair so that you can reuse it again? We want you to breathe new life into an old or unwanted item or material.
Now is a good time to be crafty and get out all the materials you will need for your upcycle project, what will you need? Glue? Paint? Buttons? Wallpaper? Just start putting a list of things together to plan your genius idea.
Now is your time to shine and become the influencer you have always wanted to be. Your contribution is promoting reusing, reducing and recycling. Please take a before photo and an after photo of your upcycle, we want to see all the photos so you better get the camera.
We have two amazing prizes up for grabs, win either one years bin collection or win yourself a free house clear-out. What are you waiting for, ready steady upcycle!
Not only that but EVERYONE that enters get a free 10% off voucher for Kollect!
All entries will be judged, and winners will be chosen and announced on social media.
The Upcycle Challenge is brought to you by Kollect, where our goal is to promote the idea that we all need to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
We’re challenging you to unearth the imagination within and create something new out of something old
We need to see a before photo and an after photo of your upcycle project so get the camera ready.
All you have to do to enter is email your entry and give us your name and number so we can contact you.
We have joined forces with some of Ireland's Top Upcycler Pro's.
In collaboration with Vintage Irish Kat and The Revamp Tramp we are spreading the message to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
A Creative DIY enthusiastic Katrina is fast becoming Ireland's top influential upcycler that we have collaborated with in the past for a junk removal job. Check out her Instagram for creative inspo but most of all...lots of giggles (she is hilarious)...
- Winner House & Home Awards
- Finalist in UK Interior Awards
- Home Of the Year Contestant
Marianne is an upcycler goddess, there is nothing she can't do with old furniture, as part of our sustainability initiative we have collaborated with Marianne in the past, supplying her with old reclaimed furniture that were heading to the graveyard but she transformed them into works of art...
- Furniture and Visual Artist
- Featured in RSVP & Reloved Magazines
- Featured on Ireland AM
No matter the project big or small, you're entry means you took the time to reuse an old material so well done! You have brought an item of your choice from 'destined for the bin, to a guaranteed win!
Please enter your name, email and phone number along with a side by side before and after photo of your upcycle project.
Competition closes on the 29th of May and the winners will be announced and contacted on June 4th. Get those entries in to win!
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
