In 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency is sponsoring a special competition: the EPA Tidy Towns Special Award for Waste Prevention. This award is to recognise communities that have undertaken activities to prevent waste and use resources efficiently.
This award is to recognise communities that have undertaken activities to prevent waste and use resources efficiently. When we talk about waste prevention, we’re not talking about recycling; we’re talking about not generating waste in the first place. This can be achieved by consuming less and using resources and materials efficiently.
This award is open to ANY COMMUNITY GROUP, not just Tidy Towns.
Application Forms and How to Apply
The application form for the EPA Special Award for waste prevention can be downloaded here. The form contains all the information you will need, including what kind of activities the EPA is looking for, what is included, what will not be considered, how the award is judged and how to submit.
The form is available in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) and Microsoft Word, in English and Irish.
You can:
- Fill out the PDF or Word form electronically (you can type and save in both the PDF and Word documents) and either email it or print and submit it by post OR
- Print the form, fill in by hand, and submit by post OR
- Make a submission in a separate Word or other such document (please keep to the 1000 max word content) and either email it or print and submit by post
Click here to download the form in Microsoft Word in English
Click here to download the form in Microsoft Word in Irish
Click here to download the form in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) in English [pdf,999kB]
Click here to download the form in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) in Irish [pdf,932kB]
Source: Envirocentre.ie – Tidy Towns Special Award for Waste Prevention
