Green-Tech Wins Top Green Award |
Green-Tech Ltd are one of the major prize-winners in the International Green Apple Awards 2008 for the Built Environment and Architectural Heritage.
They have been awarded the National Gold Award for their project at a former colliery in South Yorkshire.
The trophy was presented by top botanist and TV personality Professor David Bellamy, OBE at The Tower of London.
The trophies are awarded annually in recognition of building projects that enhance the built environment and/or protect our architectural heritage.
The judges commented: “This heavily contaminated and neglected former colliery was transformed by the application of thirty thousand tonnes of recycled manufactured topsoil. This product, made from green water waste, has given the area a new lease of life and is now a pleasant course and habitat.”
The award-winning project will be featured in the next National Treasures guide and they will also be presented with a prestigious Green Plaque later in the year, during a special prizegiving ceremony at the House of Commons.
The Green Apple Awards campaign is run by The Green Organisation, an independent, non-political, non-profit organisation that recognises rewards and promotes environmental best practice around the world.
Their supporters include the Environment Agency, the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management, the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and various other professional bodies.
National Organiser Roger Wolens commented: “We had hundreds nominations this year, so they did particularly well to triumph against some very strong competition.”
Speaking on behalf of Green-tech , Sales and Marketing Director Mark Whiting said
“We are delighted to have won another prestigious National Award for our Greentree soils. It makes all the effort and hard work the whole company has put in during the last few years to promote and develop this product all worthwhile and to have received recognition from The Green Organisation is especially pleasing”.
