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06/07/2012
Belfast Project Wins Green Award In Paris
An environmental initiative from Belfast has won top honours at a European awards ceremony.
A joint project between Belfast City Council and Queen's Elms student accommodation, 'Green Week' was named Best Business Project in the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) awards in Paris.
The project, which involved a clothes swap, giving out allotment-grown vegetables and putting together a recipe book for using up leftovers, beat off stiff competition from 2,500 other entries from businesses in 30 countries.
The environmental initiatives were aimed at the 1,800 students and 60 staff who live in the halls of residence in south Belfast.
Gwen Finlay, Facilities Manager at Queen’s Elms village, thanked Belfast City Council for their support.
The council is the national organiser for EWWR and co-ordinates projects across Northern Ireland during the week-long waste reduction campaign every summer.
Last year during EWWR, more than 7,000 waste reduction actions were pledges across 30 different countries. In the Belfast City Council area, 130 actions were pledged from 80 participating organisations.
Councillor Pat McCarthy of the council's Health and Environmental Services Committee said: "EWWR continues to go from strength to strength as more businesses and organisations realise the benefits of 'going green'. I'm delighted that one of the projects we were involved with has won this prestigious award. I think it’s testament to the work that went in to making the project such a success."
This week's European Week for Waste Reduction will take place between 17-25 November.
To find out more visit www.belfastcity.gov.uk/ewwr.
A joint project between Belfast City Council and Queen's Elms student accommodation, 'Green Week' was named Best Business Project in the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) awards in Paris.
The project, which involved a clothes swap, giving out allotment-grown vegetables and putting together a recipe book for using up leftovers, beat off stiff competition from 2,500 other entries from businesses in 30 countries.
The environmental initiatives were aimed at the 1,800 students and 60 staff who live in the halls of residence in south Belfast.
Gwen Finlay, Facilities Manager at Queen’s Elms village, thanked Belfast City Council for their support.
The council is the national organiser for EWWR and co-ordinates projects across Northern Ireland during the week-long waste reduction campaign every summer.
Last year during EWWR, more than 7,000 waste reduction actions were pledges across 30 different countries. In the Belfast City Council area, 130 actions were pledged from 80 participating organisations.
Councillor Pat McCarthy of the council's Health and Environmental Services Committee said: "EWWR continues to go from strength to strength as more businesses and organisations realise the benefits of 'going green'. I'm delighted that one of the projects we were involved with has won this prestigious award. I think it’s testament to the work that went in to making the project such a success."
This week's European Week for Waste Reduction will take place between 17-25 November.
To find out more visit www.belfastcity.gov.uk/ewwr.
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