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Winners in the Sustainable Ireland Awards 2011 have been unveiled at a glittering ceremony at the Ramada Hotel in Belfast where the keynote speaker was Environment Minister Alex Attwood.
This was the sixth year of the awards, designed to celebrate the contribution industry makes to the environment and to sustainability.
Minister Attwood praised everyone involved in the awards, and congratulated the winners. He added: “The implementation of our Waste Strategy has led to great strides in recycling waste. Our 2006 target for recycling domestic waste was 35% but in fact we’ve achieved nearly 36% in 2009/10.
“This is quite an achievement, given we were at only 10% in 2002. This is down to everyone playing their part whether it’s Government, Local Government, the business sector or the individual citizen.
“But we can do much more. I want Northern Ireland to be recycling 60% of its waste by 2020. Ambitious? Yes, but doable in my opinion and a challenge for all of us here today.”
There were 13 categories in all, ranging from Best Energy Manager and Best Waste Carrier to Biodiversity Project of the Year and Best Use of Renewable Energy Sources.
Sustainable Ireland general Manager Golda Burrows told the gathering: “The sheer volume of entries we received this year has by far exceeded all other years; again the standard and quality of the submissions were exceptionally high and our panel of judges had an extremely difficult task in narrowing it down to the finalists.”
Award Winners & Sponsors:Energy Efficiency Award
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