-1.41Awards for Excellence 2010 finalists announced
The finalists for this year's Awards for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management have been announced, ahead of next month's prestigious awards ceremony.
Winners will be revealed at the awards ceremony, which will this year be held at the Landmark Hotel in central London on Wednesday May 5.
Among the finalists for the awards, which are organised by letsrecycle.com, are collection crews from East Northamptonshire, Hackney and Southwark, while the coveted title of local authority recycling champion will be contested by council officers from Castle Point in Essex, Haringey in North London and Hackney in East London.
The awards ceremony will be hosted by Huw Edwards, well known for his work as a journalist and broadcaster of the Ten O'Clock News.
Steve Eminton, editor of letsrecycle.com, said: "We received a phenomenal amount of entries this year, the most to date, and we are delighted to see the extraordinary development in this sector. Congratulations go to all the finalists."
This year's finalists, listed by category, are:
High Street Recycling Champion - sponsored by Severnside Recycling
Pets at Home
West Quay Shopping Centre, Coca-Cola Enterprises and Recoup
Willow Place and Corby Town Centre
Commercial Recycling Champion - sponsored by Valpak
Connor Dalton, Martin Churley & Rebecca Lascelles - Wolseley UK
Daniel O'Connor - Newcastle University
Shirley Kidd - Aramark BP
Waste Management Initiative in the Commercial or Public Sector - sponsored by Shanks
Envac UK Ltd & Quintain Estates and Development PLC
HMP Styal Gardens and Recycle Team
Manchester Airport
Innovation in Design of a Waste Management Facility - sponsored by ESA
Hollingdean Materials Facility - Veolia Environmental Services
Mitcham Food Waste Plant - Vertal Ltd
Wembley Waste Management Facility - Quintain Estates and Development PLC & Envac UK Ltd
Collection Crew of the Year - sponsored by SITA UK
East Northamptonshire Collection Round 2 - Cory Environmental
Hackney Crew 2 - May Gurney Ltd
Southwark Refuse 108 - Veolia Environmental Services
The Best Community Recycling Initiative - sponsored by SCA Recycling
Bulky Bob's, Liverpool
EXSEL (Int) Community Interest Company
FareShare West Yorkshire
CA Site of the Year - sponsored by REPIC Ltd
Aston Clinton Household Waste Recycling Centre - Buckinghamshire county council
Ormeau Recycling Centre - Belfast city council
Ty Glantaf Treforest CA Site - Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough council
The Best Local Authority Recycling Initiative - sponsored by Palm Recycling
Cherwell district council - WEEE collection scheme
Hull city council - New recycling & organics collection scheme
South West Waste & Recycling Forum - Minimisation campaign
Local Authority Recycling Champion - sponsored by UPM
Habiba Ahmed, waste recycling advisor - London borough of Redbridge and Enterprise
Sarah Dickinson, recycling officer - Haringey council
Tim Read, recycling officer - Castle Point borough council
“We are impressed by all the competition entries; it clearly demonstrates the increased importance of environmental consciousness. Whether it is in respect of the community or commercial sector, it clearly is on everybody’s agenda and as one of the major recycling players, we are happy we can contribute.” Says Kevin Thomas of SCA Recycling”.