CRNS Award winners announced at annual conference

By Per Fischer

March 12, 2008

All the shortlisted candidates for the 3rd Annual Awards, including Richard Lochhead MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment.

Scotland’s best performing community recycling projects were announced yesterday, as CRNS hosted its 3rd Annual 'More Than Recycling' Awards and Conference in Perth.

Shetland-based Enviroglass, Highland Council and Moray Recycling Action Group's The Green Home came top against other 42 organisations from across the country.

The CRNS Member of the Year award went to Moray Recycling Action Group, for the furniture reuse project the Green Home, which collects all types of unwanted household items and reallocates it to others through their Buckie based retail outlets.

Recognising excellence in the categories of Innovation, Local Authority Partnership and Member of the Year, the CRNS awards recognise those projects which have made a real impact in Scottish community recycling over the past year.

Showcasing the sector's aim to provide alternative recycling solutions, this year's Innovation Award was scooped by Shetland Amenity Trust's Enviroglass, a project which has virtually eliminated Shetland’s waste glass problem by using all the glass waste in paving slabs.

Highland Council bagged the Local Authority Partnership Award for their continued support for the community recycling sector through Waste Diversion agreements, which will divert 4,000 tonnes of waste from landfill disposal in 07-08.

Read more about the Award winners here

Read the MTR08 Conference report here

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