Cotswold District Council is on the hunt for communities who can find innovative ways to Reuse, Recycle and Reduce waste.
The Council is joining forces with its environmental services provider Ubico Ltd and the Gloucestershire Joint Waste Partnership to launch the gRRReen awards competition. In line with the ‘three R’s’ (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), communities will be urged to find new ways to combat waste being sent to landfill. The three best performers will qualify for funding worth a total of £2,000 to finance further improvements.
The competition begins on 24 November and runs until 20 February 2015. It will be open togroups of people of all ages who want to pool ideas and develop initiatives to reduce waste – and also show how their improvements can be sustained.
Application details will be announced on 24 November. The entries will be judged at the end of February by a panel drawn from the Council, the Joint Waste Team and Ubico, and they will award £1,000 to the best entry, £700 to the runner-up and £300 to the third placed group on the understanding that that prize money would be used to continue progress with green initiatives.
Commenting on the gRRReen awards, Cllr Sue Coakley, CDC Cabinet Member for the Environment, said:
“Thanks to our residents, recycling levels in this District are the highest in Gloucestershire, but the tonnage figures have dipped over the last year, and we hope that this new competition will boost our totals again. This is a great opportunity for communities to join together and really make a difference – we can make this beautiful district an even better place for residents and visitors to enjoy.”
“We are trying not to be too prescriptive about what comprises a ‘community’ for the purposes of this competition – the main objective is to encourage people to work together and take on the gRRReen challenge. We are looking forward to see what they can achieve and, hopefully, all the competitors will inspire others.”
For more information about Reduce, Reuse, Recycle please go to www.recycling-guide.org.uk/