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Membership is open to any Local Authority in the British Isles and LARAC currently represents 429 member authorities. The annual cost of membership is currently just £250.

If you would like to join, please contact LARAC's
Executive Officer,
Colin Kirkby for a membership pack.

LARAC
PO Box 28
Knighton
LD8 2WA

t/f: 01544 267860 e: larac@btinternet.com

Lee Marshall, Chair of LARAC welcomes you to the LARAC website. LARAC is an organisation for Local Authorities run by people in Local Authorities and aims to be the credible voice for local government concerns on waste and recycling. We also inform, advise and consult our membership on waste reduction and recycling issues within local authorities in the United Kingdom though networking, information provision, campaigning and advocacy.

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The LOOP

LARAC's quarterly magazine. The latest LOOP was issue twenty-one entitled: New Strategies, New Directions - LARAC Conference 2007, and gave a Conference overview, interviewed LARAC Chair Lee Marshall, and looked at Trade Waste Collections, Recycling and Climatic Change

For more on past issues or if you'd like to receive The Loop click here

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LARAC is the leading national local authority organisation promoting waste reduction and recycling. We have 429 members from authorities in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

Our Mission statement is "To inform, advise, consult and represent our membership on waste reduction and recycling issues within local authorities in the United Kingdom" through networking, information provision, campaigning and advocacy

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Networking
LARAC provides a network of contacts to facilitate information sharing and support for local authority recycling officers and facilitates national and regional conferences through the year.

Campaigning
LARAC aims to: Raise the profile of recycling and promote action to reduce waste; develop and support innovative ideas and promotions; support national and regional campaigns on recycling and waste reduction and provide informal and realistic view-points for the media.

Information provision
Our LARAC information network is a key aspect of the support provided to members and also includes an active role in training provision.


Advocacy
LARAC aims to be the credible voice for local government concerns on on waste and recycling.