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4.7. Awards ISWA Communication Award Each year ISWA honours an excellent Waste Communication Campaign that increases public awareness and promotes sustainable waste management. The awarded campaign is recognized at the ISWA Annual Congress. The award is open for participation for both ISWA members and non-ISWA members. 2010 Communication Award Winners The judging panel had an excellent selection of waste management communication promotions to assess in 2010. Eleven communication initiatives were put forward from 9 different countries and the judging panel found it difficult to determine an overall winner from those put forward. The first two were separated by only a very few points out of a total 90. FIRST – Vienna’s Poop Scoop Success Vienna in common with other communities around the World had a problem with dogs fouling public streets, parks and other areas. Several previous attempts had failed but in 2006 a mother of two toddlers secured 16,000 signatures on a petition. Thereafter the City’s waste management authorities introduced a comprehensive and progressive information, education and enforcement effort to persuade dog owners to “pack my poop in a sack”. The sacks were provided by the city and extra doggie bins added in addition to the extra staff employed to impose on the spot fines and other sanctions. The judges were impressed by the overall communications plan and in particular: • The communication with existing staff • The hiring of new staff • The use of amusing but thought provoking signs placed in public parks • Thorough assessment throughout its roll-out • Extensive evaluation of the results. This evaluation included analysis of the contents of a weeks worth of doggie bags to determine the doggie contribution to Vienna’s waste management system. For the statistically minded at least 3 tonnes of dog faeces are collected each day. The best result is the fact that 87% of people are now satisfied that Vienna has adequately addressed the dog waste problem. SECOND – Sweden’s Waste Managers get Frank about Waste Sweden national waste management body Avfall Sverige has more than 400 members, mainly municipalities but also the waste management and recycling companies. In 2008 they embarked on Sweden’s largest environmental movement, an internal promotion program to galvanize the 16,000 workers for each of Avfall Sverige’s members to promote three key components of Sweden’s waste strategy: • Material recovery • Hazardous waste, and • Energy recovery. This required a multi-media approach to ensuring the message was accessible to as many of Sweden’s citizens as possible. 26 „Pack my poop in a sack“ THIRD – Waste No More The Netherlands provided our third winner with the Van Gansewinkel Groep’s inspiring initiative to Waste No More reflecting our aspirations to move from traditional waste management services towards being a supplier of raw materials and energy for businesses and the community. Their communications program was very comprehensive, including most of the communication media. Significantly they started by providing their employees with a home-based set of information, including CDs and games to interest family members. In contrast to the other winners it was felt by the panel from the information provided that it was probably too early to determine the full effects of the campaign.
ISWA Publication Award The ISWA Publication Award has been created with the intention of honoring the author(s) of a publication, article or book which is deemed to be exceptional in its contribution to the field of solid waste management. 2010 ISWA Publication Award Winner This year´s Publication Awards goes to the authors of the report „Solid Waste Management in the World’s Cities“. Within the past year it is estimated that more than 50% of the World’s population for the first time now live in urban areas for the first time. Therefore Solid Waste Management in the World’s Cities is a timely and welcome publication. The report, sponsored by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, was produced by a large number of gifted and expert authors co-ordinated by the three principal authors and editors: Anne Scheinberg, David C Wilson and Ljiljana Rodic-Wiersma. The publication benefits from both a wide spectrum of approaches to the assessment and management of waste and its recovery potential in developing, transition and developed countries and also these varying approaches are exemplified through 20 city case studies. The primary concern is the health and safety of the city’s residents and for all handling or exposed that waste or its potential mis-management. Increasingly managing our urban waste resources and the sustainability of those decisions is becoming a stronger influence whenever we consider our role in tackling these issues. 27
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