The organisations picked up a cheque for 7,500 as overall winners at the awards ceremony held in West London yesterday.
Their winning project, the National Assessment of Civic Amenity Sites, evaluated the management of civic amenity sites throughout the country looking into best practice and maximising recycling rates (see letsrecycle.com story).
The prize was presented to the two organisations by Richard Swannell, head of innovation for the Waste and Resources Action Programme.
Mr Swannell said: “This is an extremely thorough piece of research generating valuable data in an accessible format. The best practice toolkit will be of great help to local authorities throughout the UK and has the potential to enable the diversion of hundreds of tonnes of waste from landfill.”
The project was one of 19 projects funded by Biffaward through the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme and nominated for this year's awards.
Construction waste
Other winners included the Building Research Establishment's BREWEB project, which looked into using Geographical Information Systems for construction waste management. The project was given 2,500 for winning the awareness raising/education on waste minimisation category of the Biffaward Awards.
A cheque for 2,500 also went to the office refurbishment project run by Birmingham's St Martin in the Bull Ring group under the Community Indoor Amenities category. And, the Community Outdoor Amenities prize for the same amount went to BTCV's Hastings Greenspace project, which carried out regeneration of 10 sites in Kent.
The Biffaward Landfill Tax Credit Scheme distribution scheme is managed by the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts. Grants from the Landfill Tax have been provided to community improvement projects to the tune of more than 63 million.
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