Bulky Waste to Wonder Competition 2025

About the Competition

Singapore generated 6.86 million tonnes of waste in 2023. This is not sustainable, and it is imperative for each one of us to adopt an eco-friendly lifestyle. Our youths are the future custodians of our environment; thus, it is important for us to inculcate the civic-mindedness and the right values in them.

In partnership with the Ministry of Education (MOE) - Character & Citizenship Education Branch and J.O.E (Just One Earth) Eco Alliance, the Public Hygiene Council (PHC) is pleased to organise the third run of its nationwide competition: Bulky Waste to Wonder Competition 2025’. The competition has been designed to provide opportunities for youths to rethink the use of bulky waste and showcase their ideas by redesigning and/or repurposing used bulky furniture into functional items.

We hope that through their creativity and imagination, our youths can inspire others to think twice before disposing of bulky waste that may still be useful. This will help us to achieve a more sustainable lifestyle, and progress towards maintaining a truly clean and hygienic Singapore.

Please submit your entries by Sunday, 13 July 2025, 2359 hours here.

Open to

All secondary school students, option to participate as an individual or in group of max 3 pax.

Key Dates to Note

Judging Criteria

The Evaluation Panel will judge the submissions based on the following criteria:

Prizes

• First Prize: $750 cash

• Second Prize: $500 cash

• Third Prize: $300 cash

• Merit Prize x 2: $100 cash each

Terms and Conditions

1. The competition is only open to secondary school students studying in Singapore.

2. Option to participate individually or in a group of no more than 3 participants from the same school.

3. While the Organiser will provide a limited number of discarded bulky waste items, participants are strongly encouraged to source their own bulky furniture for repurposing.

4. All furniture pieces created by finalists will be available for donation to social service agencies or charitable organisations. The finalists/schools shall retain any furniture that is not donated.

5. Each individual or group is allowed to submit only one entry.

6. Entry must be submitted online - no hard copies will be accepted.

7. The submitted entry must be original and should not be a winning entry in any other competitions. PHC reserves the right to request for proof(s) that an entry is the original property of the participant and has been submitted by the participant solely for this competition.

8. The entry cannot contain third-party copyright logos or material and must not violate the rights of any person or entity, including copyright, privacy, or any other intellectual property rights. Upon submitting the artwork to this competition, the participant is solely responsible for any infringement of copyrights.

9. The judges' decision is final, and no queries will be entertained.

10. Failure to comply with any of the conditions stated will be subjected to disqualification.

11. The Organiser reserves the rights to disqualify any entries that do not adhere to the above rules.

How to Take Part

• Step 1: Download the Bulky Waste to Wonder Furniture Redesign / Repurpose Template. (only available after the Design Workshop)

• Step 2: Design your creation using the template. Please note that your design, if chosen, may be subjected to modification to fit the actual furniture piece

• Step 3: Take a photograph, scan or export your artwork to jpg / png / pdf not exceeding 3 MB.

• Step 4: Submit your artwork with your personal and parent / guardian details, school information within the ENTRY FORM.

All entries must be submitted no later than Sunday, 13 Jul 2025, 2359 hours (Singapore Time) via the ENTRY FORM. Late submissions will not be accepted.

Entries with incomplete information will be disqualified.

Design Workshop (In-Person)

An in-person workshop will be conducted by our furniture designer partners, E3 Design, Peace of Art and SCA Design, to equip participants with knowledge, techniques, and tips on how to develop a good design. You will get to meet industry designers and hear them share about their experiences too. Interested participants of the competition are strongly encouraged to attend the workshop.

Participants of in-person workshop will stand a chance to win limited edition giveaways. Light refreshments will also be served.

Only 80 seats are available, so sign up early to avoid disappointment! Registration for physical session is based on first-come-first-served basis, and only successful registrations for the workshop will be informed via email.

Details of Workshop

Date: Tuesday, 27 May 2025
Time: 2:30pm to 4:30pm (Registration begins at 2:00pm)
Venue: JOS & Sunon Sustainability Experience Centre
Address: 18 Robinson Road, #02-03, Singapore 048547

Disclaimers

1. While all possible care will be taken during the verification of the Finalists' designs, PHC will assume no responsibility for any loss or damage of the designs before, during and after verification.

2. Copyright in all works and the ownership of the submitted works remains with PHC, and approval must be sought from PHC for any use thereafter.

3. By submitting an entry to PHC, the Participant agrees to the terms stated above and allows PHC to share his/her personal data within the organisation, to collect and use the data, and to disclose the data to the organisation’s authorised service providers and competition sponsor, for the following purposes:  To contact the award winners and / or participants to discuss any future exhibitions, public events related to their artworks and other art events.

4. PHC reserves the right to disqualify entries that do not comply with the rules and regulations.

For further enquiries, please contact ask@publichygienecouncil.sg.