West Sussex makes the finals in recycling competition
A FLAGSHIP project aimed at putting the lid on the amount of rubbish that goes into West Sussex bins is in the finals of a nationwide recycling competition.
The Waste Prevention Advisers (WPA) initiative run by Better Tomorrows, a not-for-profit community interest company, involves local volunteers training to help their neighbours, communities and businesses to manage rubbish more effectively.
The initiative is one of three finalists in the Best Waste Minimisation or Prevention Project at the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee conference being held next month in Liverpool.
Better Tomorrows was set up by West Sussex County Council in partnership with the District and Borough Councils to revolutionise the way we think about waste in West Sussex.
Derek Whittington, County Council Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning, said: “The aim of Better Tomorrows’ pioneering new strategies is to meet the challenging target of reducing municipal waste by 80,000 tonnes, per annum by 2015.
“Foremost among its initiatives is the Waste Prevention Advisers initiative that is helping communities to help themselves.
“Waste is now recognised as an ever increasing major problem. It is linked to climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, global warming and pollution.
“Because of this increasing numbers of people want to help their communities tackle the problem.”
Phil Townrow, a Better Tomorrows Director and a WPA, said: “Our volunteer Waste Prevention Advisers are harnessing this enthusiasm and helping Better Tomorrows by providing free impartial advice on all aspects of waste management and reduction.
“All the partner authorities have been able to utilise more than 80 of these trained volunteers to help them deliver waste saving initiatives.”
More Waste Prevention Advisers are currently being trained.
“And in a first for the UK their services will be at the free disposal of businesses in West Sussex.
“Business waste accounts for 80 per cent of the county’s total and there are potentially 9,000 small and medium enterprises in West Sussex, which due to their size, are not always able to provide dedicated in-house resources to deal with their rubbish,” said Derek.
Topics: business waste, competition, Governance, recycling, reduction, waste
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