Unfortunately, this year’s Local Government Awards, originally planned as a glamorous evening at the Dorcester Hotel in London in March earlier this year, had to be postponed due to the pandemic. However, this afternoon the event finally took place virtually. Hosted by Justin Webb, presenter of Radio Four’s “Today” programme, the ceremony consisted of 21 categories, with a wide range of awards including Council of the Year, Innovation, Environmental Services, Campaign of the Year, Business Transformation and Diversity to mention just a few.
The City of London’s “Plastic Free City Campaign” was nominated in two categories, Business Transformation and Campaign of the Year. Although we didn’t win in either category it was a great achievement to have been nominated and a real pleasure to have been a part of the “Plastic Free City Campaign”. The campaign has seen an estimated reduction of over 5 million single use plastic items by 80 plus businesses in the Square Mile, and also included the installation of a number of additional public drinking fountains. The photo below shows the then Master of the Water Conservators, Simon Catford with the Lady Mayoress, myself and children from Hugh Myddelton School launching a new fountain in Cheapside in March 2019.
The Water Conservators played a key role in supporting the campaign, organising a WET10 lecture on plastic waste, an Environmental Event in Guildhall for City businesses and school children, and I chaired the technical steering group for the campaign.
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