Te Puke duo finalists in Green Ribbon Awards

Trevelyan's Pack and Cool

Two Te Puke organisations have been named finalists for the 2014 Green Ribbon Awards.

Both Trevelyan's Pack and Cool Store and Western Bay of Plenty District Council have been named in the large business leadership and public sector leadership categories respectively.

Local MP Todd McClay said being selected as finalists was a good achievement by the two organisations and set a good example for other organisations in Te Puke to place an important focus on environmental obligations.

Todd McClay

"It is great to see the range of private and public sector groups that are now making sustainability an integral part of their business," Mr McClay said.

Trevelyan's Pack and Cool Store has been nominated for implementing a sustainability framework and has also introduced many environmental and social initiatives. The company has reduced its fossil fuel consumption and has reduced waste going to landfill from 150 tonnes to 20 tonnes. The company also has an onsite native bush area to encourage biodiversity.

Western Bay council was recognised for its approach to handling biosolids.

Instead of the biosolids from the Waihi Beach and Katikati wastewater treatment plants going to landfill, the council has applied the biosolids to stock paddocks. The biosolids are then used as a natural fertiliser and soil conditioner on productive farmland. Now 100 per cent of the council's biosolids are being diverted from landfill.

The finalists will attend an awards dinner at Parliament on June 16. Winners will be announced in each category, and then an overall supreme winner will be revealed.