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Scottish Waste and Resources Awards 2008 open for entriesJune 2, 2008 The Scottish Waste and Resources Awards 2008 are being launched today (2 June), as part of Recycle Week. Projects across Scotland are being invited to submit entries to the annual awards, which aim to acknowledge, reward and celebrate those organisations that have shown an outstanding contribution, through best practice and innovation, to the Scottish waste, recycling and resource management sectors. The winners will be announced at the Scottish Waste and Resources Conference and Annual Dinner which will be held that Hilton Hotel Glasgow on Wednesday 8 October 2008. The Conference and Awards are delivered by Eventful Scotland in partnership with IWM Business Services. John Summers, Chief Executive of Keep Scotland Beautiful and Chair of Eventful Scotland, said, "As recently reported, recycling in Scotland is at an all time high and that is down to the commitment and hard work of a wide range of stakeholders across Scotland in the public private and voluntary sectors. These awards will allow some of those organisations to be rewarded for their hard work. We are looking to build on the success of previous years, when the quality of nominations has been extremely high. Coupled with the Government's commitment to moving towards a Zero Waste Scotland, we are expecting a high volume of entries and we would encourage people to get their nominations in as soon as possible." The Awards are open for entries from Monday 2 June and all entries must be submitted by 5pm on Friday 29 August 2008. Entries can be submitted online at www.eventful-scotland.org.uk Organisations can nominate themselves in any one of four different categories: Private Sector, Scottish Local Authority, Community Sector and the Partnership Award.
Activities that are eligible should be based around the waste hierarchy and could cover best practice and innovation in any one or all of the following areas:
There will also be an award presented to the Best Non-Waste Management Sector Initiative. This award will be presented to an organisation, such as a school, hotel or similar, that is not directly involved in the waste, recycling and resource management industry but which has shown a clear commitment to best practice and innovation in dealing with their waste. The entries will be drawn up from organisations nominated by the Eventful Scotland partners and other selected organisations. All award entries will be reviewed by an independent panel of experts in order to agree the winners. For more information about the Conference and how to enter the Awards please visit www.eventful-scotland.org.uk PRESS CONTACT: MIKE McPARTLIN AT THE BIG PARTNERSHIP, 01592 643200, 07739 299359, mike.mcpartlin@bigpartnership.co.uk Notes for EditorsThe Scottish Waste and Resources Awards are organised by Eventful Scotland as part of the Scottish Waste and Resources Annual Conference. This years Conference will take place at the Hilton Hotel Glasgow on Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 October 2008. Eventful Scotland is a project partnership facilitated by the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM), Scottish Environmental Services Association (SESA), Keep Scotland Beautiful (KSB), the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), The Scottish Government, Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC), National Society for Clean Air (NSCA), Community Recycling Network for Scotland (CRNS), Caledonian Environment Centre (CEC), and Scottish Enterprise. The Community Recycling Network for Scotland (CRNS) is a membership organisation for community recyclers in Scotland. It exists to provide a one-stop-shop for information and support to existing and emerging community recyclers. The CRNS exists to build a stronger community recycling sector in Scotland which can create real social, environmental and economic benefit within our local communities. The Conference is organised by IWM Business Services on behalf of Eventful Scotland. More information about the Awards, Conference and Eventful Scotland can be found online at www.eventful-scotland.org.uk Recycle Week 2008 will kick-off on Monday 2nd June 2008 for a week of exciting, high profile activities focusing on the benefits of recycling. The theme of this year's Recycle Week, a UK-wide campaign to encourage people to recycle more household waste, is "Just one more thing we can recycle". The annual event, which is now in its fifth year, is organised by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) in partnership with the leading materials recycling organisations, British Glass, Corus, Novelis, PaperChain and Recoup. Recycle Week is also supported by the national recycling campaigns in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, together with a growing number of local authorities. For more information please visit www.recyclenowpartners.org.uk The Scottish Government announced recently an improvement in Scotland's recycling rates and a reduction in the amount of waste going to landfill. Recycling performance for January-December 2007 shows that 31.2 per cent of municipal waste was recycled or composted. This is up from 30.5 per cent from the 12 months up to September 2007 and a 4.1 per cent rise from the previous year's figures. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2008/05/27104223 |
