Press Release: Green-Tech Ltd win 'Green' Accolades for Regeneration of Abandoned Colliery
23 June 2008
Green-Tech Ltd are one of the major prize-winners in the International Green Apple Awards 2008 for the Built Environment and Architectural Heritage.
Green- Tech Ltd, the company who specialise forestry, quality landscaping and construction products in the UK and Ireland, have been awarded the National Gold Award for their project at a former colliery in
The project was to turn the abandoned colliery into a communtiy golf course. They did this by covering the land in recycled topsoil.
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 trophy was presented by top botanist and TV personality Professor David Bellamy, OBE at The Tower of London.
The International Green Apple Awards are awarded annually in recognition of building projects that enhance the built environment and/or protect our architectural heritage.
The Green Tech Ltd award-winning project has also been awarded the prestigious Green Plaque award from National Treasures guide. The awards will take place later this year at 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”.
