Awardees
Year |
Award |
Awardee |
2022 |
Lifetime Achievement Citizen Public Sector Private Sector Educational Institution |
Debby Lee Cohen, Executive Director and Founder of New York City based Cafeteria Culture Janice Lewandusky, Eastern Rensselaer County Community Warehouse Michael Garland, The Monroe County Recycling Center and Waste Management Lauren Sweeney, founder of DeliverZero Kate Spector, Oswego County Division of Solid Waste |
2021 |
Lifetime Achievement Lifetime Achievement Public Sector Private Sector
Innovation |
Diane Cohen, Executive Director at the Recycling and Materials Management Division, Tompkins County John Wackman, Organizer of Repair Cafe, Hudson Valley Steve Hannon, Product Manager of Triad Recycling, Tonawanda Andrew Goldstein, Recycling and Compost Specialist of the Department of Environment and Planning, Erie County John Miola, Classroom Teacher and Green Team Creator at P721K, Brooklyn Jackie Junttonen, Senior Outreach Coordinator of GrowNYC Zero Waste Schools, New York City |
2020 |
Lifetime Achievement Public Sector |
Karen Sullivan, Otsego County Department of Solid Waste and Recycling Karen Khor, Volunteer on the Town of Mamaroneck’s environmental committee TOMRA New York Recycling (TNYR) SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority |
2019 |
Public Sector |
Mary Schwarz, Extension Support Specialist at Cornell Waste Management Institute, Ithaca Martha Clarvoe, Citizen, Cooperstown Carla Jordan, Director of Ontario County Department of Sustainability & Solid Waste Management, Ontario County Meredith Danberg-Ficarelli, President of Common Ground Compost, New York City Barb Reese, Seneca Falls Central School District, Seneca Falls Jessica Schreiber, Executive Director at FABSCRAP, New York City |
2019 |
Private Citizen |
Martha Clarvoe, Citizen, Cooperstown |
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Public Sector |
Carla Jordan, Director of Ontario County Department of Sustainability & Solid Waste Management, Ontario County |
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Private Sector |
Meredith Danberg-Ficarelli, President of Common Ground Compost, New York City |
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K-12 School |
Barb Reese, Seneca Falls Central School District, Seneca Falls |
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Innovation |
Barb Reese, Seneca Falls Central School District, Seneca Falls |
2018 |
Lifetime Achievement |
Gus Ribeiro, Environmental Program Specialist at the NYSDEC, Albany |
2017 |
Team Award for Recycling Leadership
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U-Sustain, the Sustainability Committee at Union College, Schenectady David Lupinski, recently retired Director of Recycling and Waste Reduction for the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority (OHSWA) Gary Feinland, an Environmental Program Specialist at the state Department of Environmental Conservation Anne Jaffe-Holmes, Director of Education & Sustainability at the Greenburgh Nature Center, Scarsdale Heather Coton, environmental manager at the Gideon Putnam Hotel, Saratoga Springs |
2016 |
Recycling Leadership Award Recycling Leadership, Citizen Recycling Leadership, Youth Lifetime Achievement |
Dan Lilkas-Rain, Recycling Coordinator, Town of Bethlehem Joan and Vinnie Gallagher, Village of New Paltz Lilith Soechting, Sophia Fromson, Paige Baxter, Girl Scout Troop 251, Kingston and Ultser County Sharon Driscoll, Recycling Coordinator, Madison County |
2015 |
Recycling Leadership Award Recycling Leadership, Private Sector Recycling Leadership, Public Sector Lifetime Achievement |
Sue McIntyre, Delaware County Solid Waste Modern Recycling Corporation in Western NY Materials for the Arts, NYC Andrew Radin, Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency |
2014 |
Recycling Leadership Award Citizen Recycling Leadership Award Lifetime Achievement |
Greg Gelewski, Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency Joe Sullivan, Ft. Drum Jim Zecca, Madison County Department of Solid Waste |
2013 |
Recycler of the Year
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Dianne Woske, Fulton County Department of Solid Waste Jim Gilbert, Empire State Development’s Environmental Services Unit |
2012 |
Recycler of the Year
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Peggy Grayson, Solid Waste Management Committee, GLOW Region Marjorie Torelli, Western Finger Lakes Solid Waste Management Authority |
2011 |
Recycler of the Year ROTY-Team, Public Lifetime Achievement Lifetime Achievement Lifetime, honorary member |
Ken VanAlstine Sr. Dave Lupinski & Jamie Tuttle Neal Walters Lynn Leopold Meg Morris |
2010 |
Recycler of the Year ROY-Team, Public ROY-Team, Private Lifetime Achievement |
Peter Pettit Onondaga County Resource Recovery Association RockTenn Recycling Sharon Fisher |
2009 |
Recycler of the Year – Public Sector Recycler of the Year – Private Sector Recycler of the Year – Team |
Resa Dimino, NYS DEC Albany
Waste Reduction and Recycling Team, Tompkins County |
2008 |
Recycler of the Year – Public Sector Recycler of the Year – Private Sector |
Brenda Grober, Empire State Development
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2007 |
Recycler of the Year – Public Sector |
Terry Laibach, NYS DEC Region 3 |
2006 |
Lifetime Achievement Recycler of the Year – Public Sector Recycler of the Year – Private Sector |
Jerry Knoll, Recycling Coordinator, Town of Hamburg Debbie Jackson, NYS DEC Albany
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2005 |
Lifetime Achievement Recycler of the Year Honorable Mention |
Suzanne LaLonde, Recycling Coordinator, OCRRA Mark Naef, Naef Recycling Jerry Knoll, Recycling Coordinator, Town of Hamburg |
2004 |
Recycler of the Year
Honorable Mention |
Gretchen Szuchs, Recycling Coordinator, Allegany County Ron Delo, Executive Director, SWM Rockland County Ted Osborne, Recycling Coordinator, Chautauqua County |
