COUNCIL SHORTLISTED IN NATIONAL RECYCLING AWARDS
The council’s household recycling and waste service has been selected as a finalist in the Local Authority Success - Overall Service Change category in the 2019 MRW National Recycling Awards.
The MRW National Recycling Awards 2019 brings together over 600 recycling and waste management professionals to recognise and celebrate best practice and innovation in recycling and waste management.
MRW editor Corin Williams said: “The NRAs recognise the innovation, hard work and commitment of the UK resources and waste industry. Year after year, our sector provides an essential service to every household and business and develops new technologies to capture the value in secondary materials and prevent waste in the first place.”
The award entry focuses on the work of the council’s waste and recycling team, its partner Amey and Island residents in successfully achieving a 6.8 per cent increase in recycling rates as of 31 March 2018, from 46.5 per cent to 53.4 per cent. As a result, the council has already met and beat the government’s national 2020 target of 50 per cent in 2018 and now aims to achieve a household waste recycling rate of 60 per cent by 2025.
The Council’s principal manager for waste and recycling, Natasha Dix, said: “To be shortlisted for a National Recycling Award for the Islands journey to maximised kerbside access to recycling is an honour and testament to the hard work and determination of our officers, our partner Amey and most of all, the willingness of our residents to join with us to achieving this.
“Our journey from weekly black bag collections through to a maximised kerbside recycling service now means that Island residents have one of the widest ranges of recyclables collected at the kerbside in the country, including being one of the few counties in the UK to collect up to 15 different types of plastics.
“Isle of Wight Council aims to be a national leader in recycling and waste resource management and I would like to thank residents for taking on board the reduce, reuse and recycle message to help us, as an Island, in aiming to achieve this. Together as an Island, we have achieved a great amount by working together as a community to keep waste out of the environment, reuse materials where possible and in the recycling system will help us grow a better environment. This success is a significant step on the way to achieving our next target of 55 per cent recycling and 90 diversion of waste from landfill by 2020.”
The winners will be announced on 27 June, at London Hilton, Park Lane, with judging is carried out by 18 independent experts drawn from all corners of the sector.
The full list of finalists can be found at https://nra.mrw.co.uk/
The MRW National Recycling Awards 2019 brings together over 600 recycling and waste management professionals to recognise and celebrate best practice and innovation in recycling and waste management.
MRW editor Corin Williams said: “The NRAs recognise the innovation, hard work and commitment of the UK resources and waste industry. Year after year, our sector provides an essential service to every household and business and develops new technologies to capture the value in secondary materials and prevent waste in the first place.”
The award entry focuses on the work of the council’s waste and recycling team, its partner Amey and Island residents in successfully achieving a 6.8 per cent increase in recycling rates as of 31 March 2018, from 46.5 per cent to 53.4 per cent. As a result, the council has already met and beat the government’s national 2020 target of 50 per cent in 2018 and now aims to achieve a household waste recycling rate of 60 per cent by 2025.
The Council’s principal manager for waste and recycling, Natasha Dix, said: “To be shortlisted for a National Recycling Award for the Islands journey to maximised kerbside access to recycling is an honour and testament to the hard work and determination of our officers, our partner Amey and most of all, the willingness of our residents to join with us to achieving this.
“Our journey from weekly black bag collections through to a maximised kerbside recycling service now means that Island residents have one of the widest ranges of recyclables collected at the kerbside in the country, including being one of the few counties in the UK to collect up to 15 different types of plastics.
“Isle of Wight Council aims to be a national leader in recycling and waste resource management and I would like to thank residents for taking on board the reduce, reuse and recycle message to help us, as an Island, in aiming to achieve this. Together as an Island, we have achieved a great amount by working together as a community to keep waste out of the environment, reuse materials where possible and in the recycling system will help us grow a better environment. This success is a significant step on the way to achieving our next target of 55 per cent recycling and 90 diversion of waste from landfill by 2020.”
The winners will be announced on 27 June, at London Hilton, Park Lane, with judging is carried out by 18 independent experts drawn from all corners of the sector.
The full list of finalists can be found at https://nra.mrw.co.uk/
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