Innovative sharing initiative gets Bronze Award
Published on:
09
July 2014
The Council's contaminated land resource sharing group has received a Bronze Award in the 2014 COSLA Excellence Awards in the service innovation and improvement category.
The partnership was established two years ago and since then it has reduced the Council's costs and increased our ability to carry our local investigations.
Clackmannanshire's partners are Perth & Kinross and Fife Councils. While we only have one contaminated land officer, we do own a considerable amount of equipment such as gas sensors and an x-ray machine which can detect heavy metals. In this arrangement, the neighbouring authorities can borrow our equipment and we draw on the resources of their contaminated land teams.
Congratulating staff on their achievement, Councillor Donald Balsillie, Enterprise and Environment Convener, said: "This innovative project has considerably reduced the need for us to hire consultants and means we are able to carry out local investigations more efficiently, reducing the potential risk to public health."
