Clean Britain Awards

“The Clean Britain Awards provide an excellent platform to promote the work of the UK’s street cleansing and wastes management industry. They recognise and reward the efforts made in keeping our public spaces clean whilst truly putting the civic pride back into Britain” - Steve Lee, Chief Executive of the CIWM

The Clean Britain Awards have recently come under new ownership of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) and with new ownership comes changes and improvements.  The 2012 programme will be launching as an annual competition, changing from being biannual in hope that the Clean Britain Awards scheme will become a useful benchmark for local authorities.

The awards are now open for entries and will remain so until the closing date on 31st May in which judging will follow throughout the months of June, July and August. The award presentation will coincide with the RWM in Partnership with CIWM exhibition on Thursday 13th September at the NEC, Birmingham, the UK’s premier exhibition for resource efficiency and waste management.

Each entrant will receive a personal, unannounced visit from the judges and will be scored over a range of locations on the thirteen Clean Britain Awards criteria.

Other Changes to the Clean Britain Awards scheme

•    Changes to the entry categories for 2012 - based solely on population, divided into three bands dependant on the size of the entering local authority  
•    Additional fourth award aimed at encouraging and recognising the impact of community groups, Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and other sectors that are not from the traditional “local authority” who have a positive impact on street and local environmental quality
•    BAFTA award winning comedian, actor and impressionist Alistair McGowan has been secured as the ambassador for the Clean Britain Awards

Alistair McGowan who is extremely passionate and vocal about environmental issues will be hosting the awards ceremony in September and will also be lending a helping hand to promote the awards.

About Clean Britain Awards

The Clean Britain Awards aim to provide recognition and reward to local authorities in the areas of street cleansing and local environmental quality (LEQ), offer the opportunity for local authorities and custodians to gain an independent assessment and to encourage and promote good practice in raising the standards and instillation of civic pride.

The Clean Britain Awards ceremony will take place at a gala lunch held in the Gallery Restaurant at the NEC Birmingham on Thursday 13th September 2012 during the RWM in partnership with CIWM exhibition.