Creating the Greenest County Awards 2016 Application Form

Waste & Recycling Supported by Suffolk Waste Partnership

The Creating the Greenest County awards celebrate the environmental excellence of organisations across Suffolk. The awards are an annual event highlighting how Suffolk's individuals, communities, businesses and schools are leading the way.

The awards are for the 2015 calendar year, so key actions should have taken place in this year. Information relating to earlier years may be included as background or to describe supplementary actions.

Category information & criteria This award is open to anyone, school, business, community or individual, who has taken an innovative approach towards waste reduction, re-use and recycling (or even upcycling!) If you are preventing waste from going to landfill then tell us about your efforts.

This category will be judged against the following:  Level of ambition of the project (20%)  Engagement both internally and with the local community, staff, customers, community and/or pupils (20%)  Evidence of how your project has reduced waste in Suffolk (50%)  Future plans (10%)

Closing date for entries – 31 January 2016

Email your completed entry form to [email protected]

Your details Contact Name Name of Organisation Email Address Tel Number Address Website Twitter ID 50 words to describe your organisation – This maybe used for publicity

Compulsory questions are marked with a *

A summary of your work (max. 250 words) *

Closing date for entries – 31 January 2016 Send completed entry forms to [email protected] Creating the Greenest County Awards 2016 Application Form

How have you reduced waste in Suffolk? (max. 500 words) *

How have you involved others? (max. 500 words) *

Briefly describe how you see your actions developing in the future (max. 250 words) *

Do you have any other environmental awards or standards? Yes No Please give details

Award details: The awards are for the 2015 calendar year, so key actions should have taken place in this year. Information relating to earlier years may be included as background or to describe supplementary actions.

Please do not include any additional supporting information or materials with your completed application form. Any additional information will not be counted during the judging process.

Assessments will be undertaken by independent judges, who will make their decision based on the answers given in the form.

For more detailed information and rules, please visit www.greensuffolk.org/awards2016

Timeline 30 November 2015 Awards open 31 January 2016 Deadline for entries February 2016 Judging of awards 31 March 2016 Winners announced at awards ceremony

If you have any queries regarding your application form:

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Closing date for entries – 31 January 2016 Send completed entry forms to [email protected]