Cambridgeshire-based waste firm Mick George has retained the coveted Waste World Cup trophy, following a penalty shootout victory over Grundon Waste Management at Brackley Leisure Centre on Friday (August 31).
The Mick George squad celebrating their tournament victory
Mick George prevailed ahead of 29 other mixed-gender teams to lift the trophy, which was celebrating its sixteenth year.
With a joint record high number of entrants this year – including teams from WRAP, Suez, Bywaters, Veolia and Biffa – the tournament was even more tightly contested.
The holders came through a group containing Acumen, Eunomia, MBA Polymers and Biffa with a 100% record, meaning the team earned themselves a bye into the semi-finals, and the valuable rest time that comes with it.
In the semi-finals, they narrowly defeated Valpak after a resilient team display to progress to the final against Grundon.
Prior to reaching the final, Grundon had won their group containing B&M Waste Management, WRAP, GBN Services and Wybone before dispatching of Bywaters and SWR Newstar in the quarter and semi-finals respectively.
The final was hard-fought, with both teams leaving everything on the pitch in their pursuit of the waste bragging rights until next year’s event. However, both teams defended valiantly and neither side could break each other down before Mick George went on to win the resulting penalty shootout.
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Other winners included Veolia, who added to its bowl trophy last year by winning the 2018 Plate Tournament with a 2-1 victory against B&M in the final.
Wybone won the bowl tournament beating healthcare waste specialists Sharpsmart, Kenny Waste Management won the Vase tournament after beating Reconomy 1-0 in the final, while IME lifted the jug trophy after beating WRAP by the same score line.
Individual prizes this year were up for grabs across three challenges including WasteAid Wheelie Bin Challenge which was won by Hamman Tagiuri from RWM, while Morgan Watson from SWR Newstar won the Crossbar challenge. Nobody managed the British Bins Top Bin Challenge, meaning the money was donated to the event’s charity, Wasteaid.
This year’s Waste World Cup was organised by letsrecycle.com with charity donations going to WasteAid. Pitch sponsors were Astute Technical Recruitment, Hadfield Wood Recyclers, RWM and Smart Solutions.
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Source: letsrecycle.com Waste Managment
