Recycling is everyone’s business and Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s Streetcare team wants to know just how green businesses across the County Borough are.
As part of the third annual Love Where You Live awards the Council is calling on businesses or customers to nominate an environmentally friendly business in the County Borough.
Does your local shop go the extra mile when it comes to recycling? Or maybe your office has gone paper free? Or does your business watch your carbon footprint by sourcing local goods? Or maybe your business operates with the environment at its core?
If you feel your business or a business you visit deserves to be rewarded for its green credentials then why not nominate them for this prestigious award.
The prestigious Rhondda Cynon Taf awards celebrate and highlight the achievements of individuals, businesses, schools or local communities that have introduced positive, inspiring and beneficial changes to the community.
For example, could you follow the lead of Costain, who scooped the Business Award in 2010? Costain, showed immense dedication to the green cause by successful management of their waste, reducing the impact of their business on the environment and sustainability.
You can now nominate your 2011 eco-business warrior for Love Where You Live.
There are 13 categories for the competition and there is no limit on the amount of different categories each applicant enters:
- Community Recycling Champion
- Most Innovative Environmental Project
- Best School Environmental Initiative
- Best Community Project
- Best Environmental Partnership Initiative
- Best Environmental Service Team of the Year
- School Environmental Champion (Pupil)
- School Environmental Champion (Teacher)
- The Envirovision Song Quest Champion
- Local Authority Environmental Champion
- Business Award
- Best Kept Community
- People Award
Entering the Love Where You Live Awards is simple; you just need to fill out a short entry form that must be submitted by Thursday March 31st 2011. Applications will be placed before an independent panel of judges. The chosen finalists will be visited during May before the overall winner of each category is decided.
The awards take place every summer in the Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd and are set to take place on 14th June 2011. But the Council wants you to start thinking of possible nominees already so plenty of applications can be received.
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Frontline Services Cllr Anthony Christopher said: “Recycling and waste management is important to all members of the County Borough and it is vital that businesses are on board and get recognised for their achievements. The Love Where You Live Awards aim to inspire the local community and businesses to join in and assist us in improving their community, as well as highlighting the achievements of the many waste champions we have across Rhondda Cynon Taf .
Annually the Love Where You Live Awards has grown to become one of the highlights of the Rhondda Cynon Taf calendar as it involves so many different sections of the community who are committed to improving the local environment for the benefit of everyone.
“The entire concept, which was the brainchild of our Streetcare Team, has long-since been recognised as a positive, and even pioneering, approach to educating and inspiring the general public.
“This is our opportunity to not only congratulate them on their achievements, but encourage others to follow suit. By working together we can make Rhondda Cynon Taf an even cleaner and greener place to live in, work in and visit.”
Further information and application packs are available online at www.rctcbc.gov.uk/awards or alternatively by contacting Claire Dean by phone on 01443 827712 or email [email protected].
Once completed, application forms should arrive no later than Thursday March 31st 2011 by Claire Dean at Streetcare Services, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. Ty Glantaf, Unit B23, Taffs Fall Road, Treforest Industrial Estate, CF37 5TT
