Circol ELT, Ireland's Tyre Compliance scheme, is offering your school the chance to win recycled rubber matting to upgrade your schoolyard to the value of €20,000. We want to celebrate the use of waste tyres in innovative products like playground matting and their positive environmental impact.
Enter NowPrevious winners include St. Joseph’s N.S. Ballyheigue, Co. Kerry and St. Conaires N. S. in Ennis Co. Clare - it could be your school this year! There is one prize of Rubber Matting worth €20,000 to upgrade the schoolyard, plus 4 runner- up prizes of €1,000, one for each of the provinces of Ireland. This is a fantastic prize that's not only good for your school but also good for the environment.
To enter, simply complete the official entry form below. u. Then use your creativity to tell us or demonstrate why you and your pupils think recycling end of life tyres is good for your school and community, or show us how end of life tyres could be used in your school or community. Your entry can be a project completed by the class, a song, a video – it’s up to you. Click here to see some of the previous entries.
For Video entries, please do not upload a file. Instead, upload to YouTube, Vimeo, or any other video-sharing platform and include the link in your entry. Written entries must be no more than 300 words. Visual entries or recordings should be no more than 10MB.
The prize value of €20,000 must cover all costs associated with the installation or upgrade of your existing playground with rubber matting, including site survey, groundwork, levelling, and installation of rubber matting. The size of the area to be upgraded or installed will depend on the condition of the current playground and the preparatory work that needs to be undertaken as determined by our contractor.
To help you with your entry, we have developed some great teaching resources explaining the many innovative uses for materials made from waste tyres which demonstrate how they can be incorporated in everyday life in your school and community.
Competition Closes: November 15th, 2025
Click here for the full list of Rules & Conditions
Learn about the uses of Used Tyres in Recycling
Used Tyres become a useful resource for the circular economy and there are many uses for end of life tyres when they are recycled and recovered. In Ireland, over 4 million waste tyres every year are recycled or recovered and managed in an environmentally sound manner on behalf of Circol ELT Members.
Watch the video below with your class and see what happens to tyres when they reach their end of life. Then use the resources below in your class to explain the recycling process for End of Life Tyres.
Entries can be submitted through the form below.