The winners of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) Professional and UK Sustainability & Resource Industry Awards have been announced.

Organisations and individuals that have helped progress resource efficiency and good practice in waste management were celebrated at an event hosted by TV presenter Helen Skelton at the London Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel yesterday (6 November).

Professional Awards 2014

The James Jackson Award went to Professor Jim Baird (Glasgow Caledonian University), Robin Curry (SRI Consulting) and Paulo Cruz (Glasgow Caledonian University) for a paper entitled ‘An overview of waste crime, its characteristics and the vulnerability of the EU waste sector’.

The Roger Perry Award for Best Research Paper went to John Dururu, director of JANM Wastes Management, for his paper ‘Voluntary and community sector organisations (furniture re-use) and the sustainable consumption and production agenda in the UK’.

The James Sumner Award, comprising a bursary of £1,000, went to Robert Reinhardt, an MSc student at the University of Northampton, who used the money to attend the ISWA World Congress 2014 in São Paulo.

The winners of the Waste Regulation Award 2014 were Professor Ian Williams, Clare Marsden, Suzanne Laidlaw, Katie Pullen (née Stokes), Alastair MacGregor and François Passant for their paper ‘Using company level environmental reporting and information to promote effective implementation of environmental legislation’, published in the Proceedings of the fourteenth International Waste Management & Landfill Symposium.

The PEEL People’s Cup, recognising ‘team excellence in the operation of licensed or permitted waste facilities’, was awarded to Belfast City Council’s Waste Management Service team at the Dargan Waste Transfer Station.

The Bill Townend International Member’s Award, comprising a bursary of £1,000, was presented to Georgina Davis, a Chartered Waste Manager based in Queensland, who used the money to attend the joint CIWM and ESA annual conference in June this year.

The Scottish Waste and Resource Sector Award, comprising a £,2000 bursary, was given to Laura Rodriguez Labajos, who used the money to travel to the US to report on recycling measures being put in place.

Nine regional CIWM centres also won the Ben Heath Certificates 2014 for their presentations on waste and recycling.

Further CIWM Professional Awards were presented earlier this year.

“Skills, commitment and professionalism have never been so important as our industry makes the transition from waste to resources”, said CIWM Chief Executive Steve Lee.

“These winners have not only demonstrated their own professional dedication but will also serve as great examples to help CIWM continue its efforts to raise standards and competence across the sector.”

UK Sustainability & Resource Industry Awards 2014

The ISYS Award for Innovation (SME) Award went to GroCycle for turning coffee grounds into a growing medium for mushrooms.

The Hadfield Wood Recyclers Award for Innovation went to Falkirk Council for its extensive pilot in 2012/13 of an extended frequency collection cycle for non-recyclable waste.

The NFDC Sustainable Construction & Demolition Award was awarded to Volker Fitzpatrick Rail for the Swansea Maliphant Intercity Express Project, a construction project that incorporated an environmental target of diverting 90 per cent of its waste from landfill.

The Community Champion Award sponsored by the Recycling Registration Service went to Greenredeem for its recycling incentive scheme in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM).

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) and DHL, which won the CIWM Recycling Performance of the year in 2010, won the P&L Software Sustainable Facilities Management Award for their closed-loop waste and recycling solution for JDW’s 930 pubs.

The Finning Health and Safety Best Practice Award went to East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

SARIA’s ReFood UK won the ERM Energy Recovery Award for its anaerobic digestion facility in Doncaster.

Wingland Foods won the Rubble Master Zero Waste Award for its partnership with WasteSolve to achieve zero waste.

The Cloud Sustainability Local Authority Waste Hierarchy Award was presented to Inverclyde Council for reducing waste arisings by 15 per cent and boosting recycling by 12 per cent.

This year’s Hopdeals.com Vehicle, Plant & Equipment Award went to Hako Machines Ltd for its multi-functional Citymaster 600.

Suffolk Waste Partnership won the Epic Media Communications Campaign Award for its ‘Tip-Off, Stop Fly-Tipping in Suffolk’ campaign.

The Catalyst Corporate Finance Waste & Resources Fast 50 Award went to New Earth Solutions for achieving a Compound Annual Growth Rate of over 70 per cent and revenues of £31.1 million.

Lee commented: “This year’s winners showed a real commitment to pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved and show how strong partnership, design and communication initiatives can deliver great results. Delivering a more sustainable future will only happen through collective and collaborative effort, and it is encouraging to see innovation and good practice in every corner of our sector.”

Further information about the award winners, as well as copies of the award winning articles, papers and presentations will be made available online.