Ray Georgeson and Jane Beasley receive the James Jackson medal at CIWM Awards.
Members and businesses of the waste and resources industry were celebrated at the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management’s (CIWM) awards ceremony last night (8 November).
The ceremony, hosted by BBC Countryfile’s Julia Bradbury and held at the London Marriott Grosvenor Hotel, saw businesses and individuals rewarded for their work in the industry via the CIWM Environmental Excellence and CIWM Professional Awards.
CIWM Environmental Excellence Awards
Winners of the Environmental Excellence awards included:
- Recycling Performance of the Year: EnvironCom
- SME Recycling Performance of the Year: HMP Onley
- Innovation in Waste Management & Resource Recovery: Stockton on Tees Borough Council
- SME Innovation in Waste Management & Resource Recovery: Amgen Cymru
- Community Champion of the Year: Warwickshire Community Recycling
- Sustainable Facilities Management Performance of the Year: Sodexo
- Vehicle, Plant & Equipment of the Year: Vision Techniques
- Sustainable Product Development of the Year: Nampak Plastics
- Communications Campaign of the Year: Recycle for Greater Manchester
Speaking at the ceremony, CIWM Chief Executive Steve Lee congratulated the winners of the Environmental Excellence awards, saying: “This year’s winners reflect the very real environmental and economic benefits – both to business and society – of waste prevention, recycling and resource efficiency.
“Sitting alongside the CIWM Professional Awards, they demonstrate that our industry is committed to innovation and excellence and is increasingly engaged with a range of other stakeholders to deliver a more sustainable future.”
CIWM Professional Awards
Amongst the winners of the Professional Awards, were waste consultants Ray Georgeson, of Ray Georgeson Resources and Dr Jane Beasley of Beasley Associates, who were jointly awarded CIWM’s James Jackson Medal for best paper published in a CIWM Journal or other industry publication.
The pair were awarded the medal – set up in commemoration of James Jackson, the founding Secretary of the Association of Cleansing Superintendents in 1898 and three times President of CIWM between 1905 – 1927 – for their paper ‘Made today? Gone tomorrow – future trends in resource management.
Published in the January and February 2011 editions of the CIWM Journal, the paper summarised how consumer and product trends will influence material recycling programmes at the Merseyside Waste and Recycling Authority over the next twenty years.
Their research reportedly assisted the Authority in producing a new strategy for waste and resources management.
Georgeson, who also won the Ben Heath award for ‘best presentation’ at the North East CIWM Centre, said: “I am truly honoured to have been awarded the James Jackson Medal by my professional institution the CIWM, and especially delighted to share it with my long standing friend and professional colleague Dr Jane Beasley.”
Beasley added: “Recognition for your work from fellow industry professionals is especially pleasing and I am grateful to the CIWM for this valuable award. It means a great deal, especially to have received it for work which looks ahead at the future role of our industry.”
Other award winners included:
- Peel People’s Award for ‘team excellence in the operation of licensed or permitted waste facilities’: AmeyCespa’s in-vessel composting site in Cambridge
- Roger Perry Award for Best Research Paper: Clair Lloyd for her paper entitled ‘Opening up a can of paint: identifying the factors that influence the success of third sector paint re-use schemes in England’, written as part of her Masters in Environmental Strategy at the University of Surrey.
- Waste Regulation Award: Professor David Wilson MBE (independent consultant), Professor Sue Grimes (Imperial College) and Rachel Cahill (independent consultant) for their paper entitled ‘Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging wastes and WEEE – a comparison of implementation and the role of local authorities across Europe’.
Congratulating the Professional Award winners, Lee said: “Once again, it is heartening to be able to reward endeavour and professionalism in our sector. These CIWM members have shown themselves to be committed to developing their knowledge and skills and sharing them to the benefit of the industry as a whole – activities that reflect the core remit of the Institution.”
Read more about the CIWM awards.
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