IRRI Achievements to Date ...

The achievements of International Resources and Recycling Institute to date are as follows:

1. European Waste Management Programme: Full partner. This programme was designed to develop innovative ideas for European waste management in voluntary recycling practices, landfill closures and organisation structures. IRRI helped guide the research and development analysis and findings, which have contributed to policy and information at a European level.
   
   
2. ReRegions Programme: Full Partner. This programme was concerned with environmental and socio-economic regeneration in regions of former Brown Coal mining. IRRI led the work to develop a concept for business creation in the Green Economy, which would have particular application to regions of decayed traditional industries. This has contributed to economic development thinking, and pioneers a new method of business incubation for the Green Economy.
   
   
3. Ecowatsa Programme: Sub-Contract Supplier. This programme explored new methods of evaluating waste management strategies in remote rural Northern European communities. IRRI was contracted to develop a new methodology of assessment and evaluation to act as a decision-support tool.
   
   
4. Economic Development: Set up and managed an exploratory pilot for business and job creation in the Green Economy, in the Tayside region, called Green Shoots. Concept is in planning for extension to four different European locations.
   
   
5. Software Creation: Designed and created software programme for modelling waste management options in remote rural Northern European communities, called Ecologics.
   
   
6. Network Creation: Created a network of 35 working partners in 18 different countries, representing the public, private and academic sectors to deliver the international projects promised by IRRI. It has secured the commitments necessary to construct the partnership, has identified the conceptual framework, and is being approached by an ever-increasing number of European bodies for participation in new international projects. The core network, which has expressed support for the IRRI concept on a European basis, includes organisations from the public, private and academic sector, and represents more than half of the EU Member States. The full list, in alphabetical order by Member State, is as follows:
   
   

Organisation Name	Member State	Region	Category
University of Ghent	Belgium	Belgium	Academic
EU-China Centre for Information & Communication Technologies, China Agricultural University	China	China – EU	Academic
Region of Usti	Czech	Usti	Public
European Environment Agency	Denmark	Europe	Public
City of Pölva	Estonia	Pölva	Public
Jyvaskyla University of Applied Sciences	Finland	Finland	Academic
North Karelia University of Applied Science	Finland	Finland	Academic
University of Oulu	Finland	Finland	Academic
Culmentor Oy	Finland	Finland	Private
Municipality of Muonio	Finland	Lapland	Public
Regional Council of Ostrobothnia	Finland	N-East Finland	Public
Burgenlandkreis	Germany	Burgenland	Public
Wuppertal Institute for Climate Environment and Energy	Germany	Global	Public
isw Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftliche	Germany	Halle	Private
University of Thessaly	Greece	Greece	Academic
ECHMES	Greece	Greece	Private
Environment Centre of Kozani	Greece	Kozani	Public
Municipality of Serres	Greece	Serres	Public
Prefecture of Kozani	Greece	Kozani	Public
University of Debrecen	Hungary	Hungary	Academic
Dublin City University	Ireland	Ireland	Academic
Westbic Business Innovation Centre	Ireland	Ireland	Public
GAL Appennino Genovese	Italy	Liguria	Private
Omrin	Netherlands	Friesland	Private
Province of Friesland	Netherlands	Friesland	Public
University of Amsterdam Business School	Netherlands	Netherlands	Academic
AGH University	Poland	Poland	Academic
Polish Academy of Sciences	Poland	Poland	Academic
Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas	Poland	Poland	Public
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship	Poland	Kielce	Public
Chamber of Commerce	Spain	Oviedo	Public
Brunel University	UK	UK	Academic
Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR)	UK	Global	Academic
Centre for Sustainable Design	UK	UK	Academic
Dundee College	UK	Scotland	Academic
University of Abertay Dundee	UK	Scotland	Academic
University of Hertfordshire	UK	England	Academic
University of Strathclyde	UK	Scotland	Academic
University of Ulster	UK	N Ireland	Academic
Beta Technology	UK	Europe	Private
C-Tech Innovation Ltd	UK	UK	Private
Residua	UK	UK	Private
Scottish Water	UK	Scotland	Private
City of Edinburgh Council	UK	Edinburgh	Public
Dundee City Council	UK	Tayside	Public
Environment Agency	UK	England & Wales	Public
National Industrial Symbiosis Programme	UK	Europe	Public
Resource Efficiency KTN	UK	Europe	Public
RTC North	UK	N-East	Public
Scottish Enterprise Energy Technology Centre	UK	Scotland	Public
Scottish Environment Protection Agency	UK	Scotland	Public
South East England Regional Assembly	UK	S-E England	Public
The Energy Centre	UK	Shetland	Public



7. Reports and Research: researched, written and produced the following reports:
   
   

   •	Economic Analysis of Green Business creation in Regions of Decline in traditional industry
   •	Participation Rates in voluntary recycling schemes in different European regions
   •	The Impact of Organisational Structures on the culture of European Waste Management
   •	A Methodology for the Measurement of the positive Resource Value of Waste
   •	Environmental Regeneration Strategies for regions of former Brown Coal Mining

   
   
8. Conference Speeches: IRRI has addressed National and International conferences on Waste Management, Resource Use, and Economic Development in Hungary, Germany, Italy, Poland, England, Scotland, The Netherlands, and the Czech Republic. The impact of these speeches has indirectly contributed to the debate about further progress in the UK and Europe in policy development on waste and recycling.