BSP Trash to Treasure Sculpture Festival

Now into its fourth year running, the BSP Trash to Treasure Sculpture Festival has educated and inspired more students and youth around Port Moresby and Central province about the importance of recycling and reusing waste material for better purposes in the household and community.

For the youth at ATS, their involvement in the BSP Trash to Treasure Sculpture Festival is part of their community leaders’ efforts in changing youth mindsets that living in a settlement should not limit them to opportunities that can earn them employment or more learning to better their livelihoods.

For the entire month of July, the theme “Rethink Your Rubbish” has been emphasized at the Nature Park by the  creation of larger than life animal sculptures built from solid waste collected around the city and used to create aesthetically powerful works of art that visualize the type and amount of rubbish generated here.

The animal sculptures were made by local artisan Leonard Tebegetu from Kreativ Kanaka with help from student volunteers from the University of Papua New Guinea.