Awarding the accolade of recycling officer of the year to Ms Troner, the judges described her as “an interactive and well organised candidate.”
In two years she has helped Preston increase its recycling rate from 12% to 19%. Focussing on work with minority and hard to reach communities and developing high profile marketing and participation raising schemes, Ms Troner is described as “passionate about recycling and goes out of her way to get the whole community to recycle.”
Telford
The awards ceremony was held at a dinner during the annual conference of the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee in Telford last night and were presented by 1980s Wimbledon winner Pat Cash.
Thames Water company Terra Eco Systems picked up recycled product of the year for its growing media based on recycled biosolids from sewage sludge. Judges described the company’s growth in distribution and sourcing as “phenomenal” and were “knocked-out” by its sales figures.
Best local authority initiative went to Fylde borough council for its “Recycle4Fylde” scheme. When the project begun in September 2002 the councils recycling rate was 7%, following the launch of a blue bag paper collection service, a twin bin service and a green box for the collection of glass and cans the council now has a recycling rate of 36%.
Fridges
The best partnership project for recycling award was won by the All Ireland management of municipal fridges and freezers. The operation is a joint project involving authorities from both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. A smart tagging system was implemented to assist the auditing process.
Best information and communication campaign winner, Dacorum borough council, was chosen for its “Don't Waste Time” campaign which turned the council's 10% recycling rate into 27% in a year. The judges were impressed with the way the campaign utilized many different ideas and recommended it as a template for other councils.
The Co-operative group's “Closing the Loop” scheme was the winner of the best reprocessing initiative. The scheme takes waste paper generated by the head office in Manchester and recycles it into paper-based products to be sold in Co-op shops.
Shopping
The St Nicholas Shopping Centre in Sutton, Surrey won the best Industry Recycling Initiative for Business Eco Logic. The scheme brought on board 81 shops and a food court, reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill by the centre by 13.2%.
The Lancashire Waste Partnership won best waste minimisation project for its county-wide home composting scheme. Since its inception three years ago more than 90,000 residents have signed up to the scheme.
Best community project was won by East London Community Recycling Project. It developed a food waste collection system that meets both EA and DEFRA requirements for Animal By-Products. It does not require separation of meat and fish from the rest of the organic waste so householders just put food waste in a container.
Stockport council's waste management department won the recycling target success award. The council set out targets of reaching a 20% recycling rate in 2003/04 and implementing two new services to the residents of the borough. The council has rolled out its new garden waste and multi material collection services and through these schemes has more than doubled its recycling rate to 24.9%.
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