Press Release: Translink Makes Belfast Brighter
December 2005
Northern Ireland Public Transport provider Translink has won a Brighter Belfast Environmental Award for its ‘Protecting Trackside Habitats’ Campaign.
From L-R: Andy Bate (Environmental Officer), Clive Bradberry (Infrastructure and Property Excutive)
and Ian Morrow (Safety, Health and Environmental Manager).
The awards attracted over 70 entries and Translink overcame stiff competition to win the Anti-Litter category. Translink was presented with the award at a gala dinner in the City Hall recently for helping to raise awareness of the problems associated with litter, creating practical methods to reduce litter in specified areas and demonstrating an ongoing improvement in the cleanliness of the project area.
Translink’s Andy Bate said the organisation was delighted to win the award.
“Our ‘Protecting Trackside Habitats’ campaign is not just about aesthetics; raising environmental awareness is extremely important to Translink and our ongoing support of the Ulster in Bloom competition is testimony to that. But there are other considerations too, litter can prove a real safety risk and Translink’s top priority is to ensure that both passengers and staff are able to travel in a safe and pleasant environment.”
The Brighter Belfast Awards were created to reward individuals, groups, schools and organisations in Belfast that contribute to the improvement of the local environment. The Awards encompass a number of environmental issues that contribute to the environmental quality of the city. They include the prevention of litter, management of waste, nature conservation and the ‘greening’ of the city.
Frank Moore (Route Manager - Larne Line) and Andy Bate (Environmental Officer) deal with 'fly tipping'.
In August 2005 Translink launched its campaign to highlight the potentially lethal consequences of ‘Fly-Tipping’, dumping rubbish on or near railway tracks. Items including old cookers, mattresses, microwave ovens, packaging and general household rubbish are all items dumped on rail tracks in the past 6 months alone, forcing Translink to spend over £60,000 cleaning up tracks and railway embankments.
Various locations across Northern Ireland wereidentified as ‘Fly-Tipping Hotspots’ including Sydenham, Botanic, City Hospital, and out to Adelaide in Belfast and the railway lines near Lurgan.
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For further information please contact Keelin Haughey at Morrow Communications on 028 9039 3837 or email k.haughey@morrowcommunications.com
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