Red Rhino Crushers have become major prize-winners in the International Green Apple Awards 2007 for Environmental Best Practice.
Red Rhino have been given the National Gold Award in recognition of their “Compact Onsite Recycling Solutions” project. The trophy was presented by top botanist and TV personality Professor David Bellamy, OBE at The House of Commons.
The trophies are awarded annually in recognition of organisations carrying out projects that benefit the environment. The judges commented, “These compact towable crushers bring full recycling potential to any building site. Rather than sending useful aggregate to landfill, it can be crushed and reused on site, or sold on to be recycled by a third party. Either way the benefits to the user and environment can be significant.”
The award-winning project will be featured in “The Green Book” and the organisation will also be presented with a prestigious Green Heroes Shield during a special prize-giving ceremony in spring next year.
The Green Apple Awards campaign is run by The Green Organisation, an independent, non-political, non-profitable organisation that recognizes, rewards and promotes environmental best practice around the world. Red Rhino supporters include the Environment Agency, the Chartered Institution of Waste Management, the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and various other professional bodies.
National organiser Roger Woollens commented, “We had around 750 nominations this year and presented about 80 awards, so Red Rhino did particularly well to triumph a Gold National Award against some very strong competition.”
For more information on the Green Organisation or the awards, please visit www.thegreenorganisation.info
