2025 WASTE 2 ART WINNERS – THE YEAR OF TOYS

Published on 15 July 2025

The Sims Metal 2025 Waste 2 Art local competition has been judged, and we are thrilled to announce which local creatives have taken home a prize in the competition.

The theme for 2025 is The Year of Toys and it certainly resulted is some wonderfully creative ways to reuse and repurpose waste within this theme. 

Lachlan Shire Mayor, Cr John Medcalf OAM, said “By encouraging the repurposing of waste materials, WASTE 2 ART challenges traditional perceptions about rubbish. These wonderful works of art show that recycling and repurposing can go beyond our existing ideas of what waste is and how it can be reused.

“I extend my warmest congratulations to all participants in the competition, especially those whose talent and flair for innovation have resulted in a category win. We wish them luck in the regional finals.”
Cr Medcalf concluded.

The winners of the local WASTE 2 ART competition are:

Preschool:  -  Wombat Room, Condobolin Early Learning Centre – Rabbit Beanbag Toss
Primary 3D:  -  Indi Forbes – Waste to Robot
High School 3D:  -  Carl Meran and William Nash – Sword, Shield and Crown.
High School Functional:  -  Hollie Miles – Climb to the Top
Community Functional:  -  Tracey Forbes – Trash Tractor
Open 3D:  -  Hayley Egan – From Joy to Junk

Highly Commended

Preschool:  -  Wombat Room Condobolin Early Learning Centre – Chinese Lucky Dragon
Primary 3D:  -  Kobi Fyfe – Little Toys, Big Dreams
High School 3D:  -  Rose Collins – Mumma Bear with her Cub.
High School Functional:  -  Hayley Small – Clock

The 2025 Lachlan Shire WASTE 2 ART overall winner for 
The Year of Toys was Tracey Forbes with her wonderfully creative work “Trash Tractor”.

All winners will now progress to the 2025 SIMS METAL - WASTE 2 ART Regional Showcase where they will be judged against other winners from across the region. This year it will be held in Dubbo at the Western Plains Cultural Centre from 20 September to 2 November 2025.