Thurso role created as part of Highland waste reduction partnership
Register for free to read more of the latest local news. It's easy and will only take a moment.
Recruitment is under way for a climate action development officer in the latest stage of Thurso's efforts to reduce waste and help achieve net-zero targets.
The Highland Community Waste Partnership, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and coordinated by environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful, is creating seven new three-year posts within groups across the Highlands – one of which is Thurso Community Development Trust (TCDT).
The new roles are aimed at fostering collaboration, engagement and action to address waste and consumption and help lead the way towards a net-zero future.
TCDT development manager Joan Lawrie said: “We’re delighted to be one of the community organisations across Highland recruiting for the post of a climate action development officer focusing on waste.
"Among all of our other projects that have a focus on climate action – such as Thurso Grows for growing and our Sharing Shed, making use of food that would otherwise go to waste – this has felt like the one element that has been missing.
"Our new recruit, once appointed, will be joining the team in April and will have real focus on reducing waste here in Thurso – from establishing a repair café to working with our meals service on a pilot to eliminate disposable plastics and activities around reducing food waste. We’re really excited to get going and interested to hear from all applicants.”
The partnership is a collaboration between Keep Scotland Beautiful and eight partner organisations seeking to build a region-wide movement for more sustainable consumption. It will do this through a range of education and awareness-raising initiatives, focusing on issues such as food waste, single-use packaging, recycling, sharing and repairing.
Georgina Massouraki, programme coordinator with Keep Scotland Beautiful, said: “The Highland Community Waste Partnership is a very ambitious and exciting programme which sits at the cutting edge of the national and indeed global sustainability agendas.
“With 80 per cent of Scotland’s carbon footprint coming from the materials, goods and services that we consume, this programme is a chance to get to the heart of the matter, working with real communities and places in the Highlands to build learning and create value in terms of supporting community development and improving environmental quality as well as reducing carbon emissions and combating climate change.
“We are delighted to be able to establish these employment opportunities, through the partnership, to be part of this exciting project and we can’t wait to see where the project goes.
“Thanks to the National Lottery, the exciting programme will tackle key issues in the way that we currently consume and waste and help lead the way for Scotland to transition towards a more circular economy and a net-zero future."
Related stories:
- Call for volunteers to help at Thurso's Sharing Shed food project
- Lottery funding for Highland community waste movement featuring Thurso and Lairg groups
