The 2008 Compost Industry Leadership Awards are held in conjunction with International Composting Awareness Week 2008 (ICAW).

The New South Wales awards presentation will be made on Friday 2nd May 2008 at The Compost Ball, which will be held at Eden Gardens, Ryde (7.30 – 11.30 pm - download invitation here.) The Victorian awards presentation will be made at The Mount Erica Hotel, Prahran on Thursday 8th May from 5pm til late. For bookings, please call the Mount Erica Hotel on 03 9525 2995 (download invitation here).

Judged by an independent panel comprised of State Government and Local Government Association officers and retired industry leaders, the annual awards are designed to recognise leadership and innovation within the recycled organics (RO) industry, which encompasses both public and private sector organisations.

Award winners are chosen on reviewed merit from among those organisations submitted to ICAW 2008 on the Industry Awards Nomination Form

• NSW Awards Invitation - PDF version  ||  Word version
• VIC Awards Registration - Word Version

The Industry Awards categories are: Contamination Management Award Recovery Contract Innovation Award Government Innovation Award The ‘Close the loop’ Award Community Education Award Leadership Award Product Design Award Water Resource Management Award The winners will be announced on the awards night. For more information on this event, click here (prospectus).

The NSW Minister for the Environment and Climate Change, Verity Firth presents an award for Most innovative organics recovery contract to the MacArthur group of councils, represented by Deputy Mayor, Mollie Thomas, Miles Lockhead from Wingecarribee Council and Paul MacDonald from Campbelltown Council.