The awards recognise the achievements and hard work of local authority recycling officers and their colleagues over the past year. Winners will be announced at a presentation dinner at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham on October 16, following the first day of the annual LARAC conference.
The 2013 finalists include recycling officers from the Scottish borders, Croydon and Essex, as well as communications campaigns from Surrey, Lewisham and the West London Waste Authority.
In the Best New Idea category entries aimed at driving up WEEE recycling in their respective districts were chosen as finalists by the judges from South Norfolk and Cherwell district council, while a nappy recycling initiative carried out by Cheshire West and Chester council was also recognised.
‘Quality’
Commenting on the entries for 2013, LARAC chair Joy Blizzard, said: LARAC Members again upped the quality of their award entries this year. There were so many inspirational projects, ideas and people and this resulted in the usual robust and sometimes lengthy discussions among the judges. The resulting shortlist does LARAC members proud. Even those that didn’t make the shortlist are so good that we will be looking to put them on the LARAC website as case studies.
There are still spaces available for the LARAC Conference and Celebration Awards 2013, book your place today at:
The awards span six categories and will be presented following a black tie dinner and drinks reception hosted by Electrolink. LARAC 2013 is being organised by letsrecycle.com in association with UPM.
Best Communications Campaign, sponsored by UPM
- Furniture Reuse Campaign, Surrey county council
- Mission Impossible, Lewisham council
- Recycle for London and West London Waste Authority
Best Partnership, sponsored by Viridor
- Bright Sparks, London borough of Islington
- Get it Out for Cardiff, Cardiff council
- Transforming Surrey Street Market, Croydon council
Best Team of the Year
- Aylesbury Vale district council
- Chiltern district council
- Croydon council
Best Waste Minimisation Project or Prevention Project, sponsored by Repic
- North London Waste Authority: Waste Prevention Programme
- Hertfordshire county council
- Merseyside and Halton Waste Partnership
Recycling Officer of the Year
- James Messer, Scottish Borders council
- Joanna Dixon, Croydon council
- Emma Cocksedge, Essex county council
Best New Idea
- WEEE Events, South Norfolk district council
- Electrical Items Lost Their Spark, Cherwell district council
- Nappycycle, Cheshire West and Chester council
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