Conference, Exhibitions and Awards 2006
11th ANNUAL GALA DINNER
The winners of the 2006 awards will be announced at the Association's gala dinner. This year the dinner and drinks reception is kindly sponsored by Terra Eco Systems.
Introduced in 2001, the awards showcase excellence and innovation across the composting industry and have rapidly become established in setting benchmarks for the composting industry. The Composting Association Awards are judged by a panel of industry experts. The panel consists of experts from:
Mark Gibson – CIWM
Jim Fredrickson – Open University
Anne O’Brien – WRAP
Nick McAlister – Community Composting Network
The Composting Association would like to thank all the members of the panel for their support of the Awards.
For more information on this essential forum for composting industry professionals, featuring key industry speakers, leading exhibitors, case studies of operating schemes and the latest on market development please contact IWM Business Services: T: +44 (0) 1604 620426 E: events@ciwm.co.uk. If you are interested in exhibiting at the UK's leading event for the biological treatment industry, please contact Jenni Harris on T: +44 (0) 8701 603270 E: jenni@compost.org.uk
This year's Award categories:
The Partnership Award - Sponsored by Veolia
Jim Ballance Compost Marketing Award - Sponsored by SITA
The Local Authority Award - Sponsored by BIFFA
Award for Innovation - Sponsored by JCB
Best Community Initiative - Sponsored by Shanks Group plc
If you would like to sponsor an award please telephone Jenni Harris on T: +44 (0) 8701 603270 E: jenni@compost.org.uk
The Composting Association
Proud sponsors of The Composting Association's Annual Gala Dinner and Drinks Reception
Terra Eco Systems
Clearwater Court, Third West
Vastern Road
Reading
Berkshire RG1 8DB
Telephone: 0118 964 0301
Email: enquiries@terraecosystems.com
Website: http://www.terraecosystems.com
Terra Eco Systems, the UK's largest recycler of organic material, is pleased to sponsor the Composting Association's Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony 2006.
Terra Eco Systems undertakes composting and organics recycling activities for Local Authorities and other commercial customers.
As a division of Thames Water, it manages all of their biosolids recycling activities and takes in excess of 1.8 million tonnes of organic wastes to land across the UK every year, with an exemplary record of statutory compliance.
CONFERENCE DINNER & AWARDS CEREMONY TICKETS
£70 + VAT per person,
or a table of 10 @ £650 + VAT.
Book your place now!
E-mail: events@compost.org.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1604 620 426
All of our activities are carried out in accordance with our Quality Assurance and Management Systems (Certified to ISO 9001:2000 and 14001: 2004).
In 2006 Terra Eco Systems gained accreditation to the OHSAS 18001 Health and Safety standard.
We operate two "in vessel" composting plants in the UK and are currently designing a third ABPR composting plant to handle a further 55,000 tonnes of organic waste per annum for Hertfordshire County Council. In addition we provide recycling services for compost to end markets on behalf of other compost producers.
Our biowaste composting plant at Marlow, Buckinghamshire composts 20,000 tonnes per annum and markets a range of bagged horticultural growing media through independent garden centres.
Our ABPR composting plant at High Wycombe composts over 20,000 tonnes per annum of municipal source segregated, meat inclusive household waste and municipal green waste and markets high quality compost to soil builders and landscapers.
We have developed designs for in-vessel composting facilities to handle multiple input streams including pure green waste, mixed kerbside organics and MBT fines, composting each according to need.
Terra Eco Systems is able to undertake a range of composting contracts on a long term, design and build, operate and finance basis if required.