A Christmas tree made from 80,000 used plastic spoons from fast-food outlets has won Taiwan's eco-friendly Christmas tree design contest, organizers said last Tuesday.

The spoons discarded by customers at Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets were used to build a tree that stands 12 metres tall, the Taichung City Government said. The tree is destined to be recycled at the end of the festive season.

Students from Douliu's TransWorld University designed the tree.

A total of 227 Christmas trees - made from recycled objects like clothing, cans, bottles, drinking straws, computer discs and bamboo chopsticks - were entered in the contest.



(Source: Christmas tree made from used spoons wins Taiwan design contest [Monsters and Critics])