A chess set made from reused brass nuts, bolts and bottle tops won over the judging panel of a recycling challenge at the Hilton Terminal 4 hotel.

The in-house 'objects d'art' competition saw the unique creation by engineer Adam Pupec bag the trophy which in keeping with the celebration of national recycling week was made out of old scraps of cylinder and metal.

Mr Pupec, 35, of Slough, enthused by his love for chess used wood from a discarded wardrobe and old paint for the board, and fashioned the kings, queens, castles and pawns from plastic bottle tops thrown away by guests which were glued together and painted in white or gold paint.

World Recycling Day competiton at Hilton T4 - winning creation chess set by engineer Adam Pupec

Judges at the event last Friday (14), included area general manager Jurgen Sutherland and a number of head office staff from Watford.

The idea for the contest came from the hotel's facilities manager Mark Hill who has made a hobby out of creating useful items from recycled materials.

He decided to invite his colleagues to do the same from unused fabrics and scraps found at the hotel and was chuffed to see an imaginative artistic showcase including furniture, art and sculptures.

Hilton T4 manager Jurgen Sutherland presents trophy to winner Adam Pupec

In second place was Justyna Rolek Sienko's breathtaking hanging mobile made from broken lamp stands, old wires and plastic bottles and third place went to Balazs Berta for a shining bottle.

Among the other creations were Steven Gilbert's picture hangers made from old coat hangers, a portable barbecue by Mark Hill made from disposable helium bottles, and Barbara Murphy's colourful recycled Christmas tree.