Categories in the awards this year include “Outstanding Contribution” and “Best New Idea” – with the latter category seeing ideas for WEEE repair, garden waste, and a Welsh Government programme battling it out for the title.
“We would like to thank everyone who entered – we wish we could have shortlisted everyone!”
The 2019 shortlist was compiled by a panel of judges from across the sector which was chaired by Carole Taylor, chair of LARAC. Also on the panel were: Lee Marshall, CEO of LARAC; Gurbaksh Badhan, head of waste management at Buckinghamshire county council; Hilary Tanner, adviser at the Local Government Association; Sally Wilson, local authority manager at WRAP; and Steve Eminton, editor of letsrecycle.com.
Innovative
Carole Taylor said that the judges had been pleased that the entries showed “the great work and innovative approaches local authorities and their partners are taking to providing recycling, waste and street scene services”.
Mrs Taylor added that: “The high standard of applications made it difficult for the judges to pick a shortlist and we would like to thank everyone who entered – we wish we could have shortlisted everyone!”
Tickets are still available for the Awards Ceremony and for the two day LARAC conference and workshop programme. This year the conference and Awards are being held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole close to the Birmingham NEC.
FOR MORE DETAILS: LARAC Conference and Awards 2019
FINALISTS SHORTLIST 2019
BEST COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Permiserv
Recycle for Copeland | Copeland Council
Introduction of the 1-2-3 service | Daventry District Council
Simple hacks to waste less food | Surrey Environment Partnership
BEST PARTNERSHIP AWARD
Sponsored by Viridor
Partnership working to combat rural crime in Dorset | Dorset Council
County Durham Single Use Plastics Project | Durham County Council
Clean Driver Scheme | Selby District Council
BEST TEAM OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Biffa
Dorset Council
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Guernsey Waste
Westminster City Council
BEST WASTE MINIMISATION OR PREVENTION
Sponsored by REPIC
County Durham Single Use Plastics Project | Durham County Council
Toy Gift Appeal | Hackney Council
WEEE Repair Project | Oxfordshire County Council & The Community Action Group
BEST NEW IDEA
Modernising recycling services with digital technologies | East Devon DC
The Garden Waste Club Newsletter | Tewkesbury Borough Council
Waste Improvement Programme | WLGA
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO RECYCLING
Sponsored by Countrystyle Recycling
Catherine Causley – Devon County Council
Janet Wade – Dundee City Council
Tina Norman-Ross – Guernsey Waste
Reception
The Welcome Reception at the LARAC Awards is sponsored by the compliance schemes, Wastepack and Electrolink.
Below: winners and finalists at last year’s LARAC Awards which were held in Nottingham
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