It is the 8th year and the standard just keeps getting higher! We all know the judges have a hard job - we say it every year - but don't let's feel too sorry for them because, in fact they are privileged; they get the chance to really scrutinise in detail the ingenuity that our members come up with in their jobs everyday - all to get us to recycle more and produce less waste.
Speaking for the judging panel, our CEO Lee Marshall said, ““Yet again the judging panel was hugely impressed by the innovative ideas and hard work that recycling officers continue to demonstrate on a daily basis – despite some tough challenges throughout the year. We had ... really positive entries, many of which show the vital job that council officers are doing up and down the country to provide good quality services and raise awareness of recycling to the general public.”
They were a truly great bunch of applications showing just how creative our industry is. So we take the opportunity here to applaud you all, and to thank you for applying. If you are not on the finalist's list but would like to blog about the work you are doing then just get in touch at admin@larac.org.uk and we'll get your word out there on our website.
Without further ado the teams and people who will now be on tenterhooks until the winners are announced at a presentation dinner at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham on October 12 – following the first day of the annual LARAC conference - are as follows:
Best Communications Campaign
Rochdale Borough Council, Recycling Saves Money
Recycle For Greater Manchester, R4GM Food Waste Recycling
Surrey County Council, Recycle Food Waste 2015/16
Aberdeen City Council, Love Your Caddy
Best Partnership Award, Sponsored by Viridor
Calderdale, The Floods of Calderdale
South Staffs & Biffa Municipal, Safer Driving Campaign
Solihull Council, Follow the Path to Recycling
City of Cardiff, Keep Roath Tidy
Team of the Year, Sponsored by EWC
Woking Borough Council Waste & Recycling Team
Dorset Waste Partnership – Operation Division
Rochdale Borough Council
Chelmsford City Council
Best Waste Minimisation or Prevention Project, Sponsored by Repic
Durham Council, Green Move Out Campaign
South Derbyshire District Council & Sainsbury’s, Waste Less Save More
South Ayrshire Council: Beach Restoration Project
Best New Idea, Sponsored by Suez
Recycle for Greater Manchester and Bolton Council, ESOL Resources
Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority: We Are Stardust
South Ayrshire Council: Beach Restoration Project
Recycling Officer of the Year, Sponsored by Countrystyle Group
David Whitehouse, Warwickshire County Council
Edward Yendluri, Westminster City Council
Neil Maver, Rochdale Council
