Graham’s recognised for waste reduction

ENVIRONMENT Minister Alex Attwood has recognised efforts made by businesses to reduce waste when he presented awards to the Northern Ireland winners of the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR).
By The Newsroom
Published 14th Feb 2012, 23:00 BST

The Minister presented awards to six organisations in recognition of their innovation, good communication, and the potential for their waste reduction activities to be replicated on a much wider scale, with the ultimate aim of reducing overall waste.

A special ‘Jury’s Favourite’ award went to Hillsborough based Graham Construction for their week of waste reduction projects.

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They won for their company-wide competition to find and reward the construction site which contributed most to waste minimisation and prevention. To do this they promoted waste prevention internally, encouraged staff to bring in items such as DVD’s and books that they no longer wanted and exchange these with other staff members, or alternatively purchase them with all proceeds going to charity.

Funded by the Department of the Environment’s Rethink Waste campaign, the winners received a trophy made from scrap metal including cuff links and horse shoes.

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