The winners of the second edition of the European Week for Waste Reduction

by Silvia Musso

It took place yesterday, March 28 at the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel, the Award Ceremony of the European Week for Waste Reduction. In recent weeks, a jury of experts evaluated the best waste reduction actions among the 4,231 recorded in the last 20 to 28 November.

Five actions have been awarded, one for each category of project developer: public administrations, associations and NGOs, businesses, schools and other institutions (hospitals, nursing homes, etc.).

The jury’s work not have been easy, but at the end they came to a mutual agreement.

Here the winners:
Public Administration Category: Environmental Authority of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (Catalon Region) with “Better than New 100% Old campaign”;
Association and NGO Category: Ecoscience Provence (France) con l'azione “Responsibile Purchase”
Businnesses Category: Codorniu Group (Catalon Region) with “Reduction of glass in packaging in the wine sector”
Schools Category: St.mary Eps Scotland Dunblane (Scotland) with “Food Waste Reduction Challenge”
Other Category: architect Elisa Andretti (Malta) with “Malta Reuse MAp”
The Jury Prize was finally won by Aeress (Spain) with “Waste watchers”.
All winners were presented with a plaque with a high symbolic value.

The climate of the Ceremony was marked by a festive atmosphere and by the European secretariat members’ satisfaction.

If the award has led the conclusion of the second edition of the Week, it is not time to stop.

Today, Tuesday, March 29, in fact, the organizers of the States that participate to the EWWR shall meet to report the progress of the 2010 edition and especially to begin to lay the framework for what will be the third and final edition of the Week that we remember is a three-year Life+ project.

Waiting to see what the organizers have decided and what will be the news, save the dates of the next European Week for Waste Reduction: 19 to 27 November 2011!