Applause please for our past award recipients...
Year |
Award |
Awardee |
2021 |
Lifetime Achievement |
Diane Cohen, Executive Director at the Recycling and Materials Management Division, Tompkins County |
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Lifetime Achievement |
John Wackman, Organizer of Repair Cafe, Hudson Valley |
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Public Sector |
Steve Hannon, Product Manager of Triad Recycling, Tonawanda |
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Private Sector |
Andrew Goldstein, Recycling and Compost Specialist of the Department of Environment and Planning, Erie County |
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K-12 School |
John Miola, Classroom Teacher and Green Team Creator at P721K, Brooklyn |
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Innovation |
Jackie Junttonen, Senior Outreach Coordinator of GrowNYC Zero Waste Schools, New York City |
2020 |
Lifetime Achievement |
Karen Sullivan, Otsego County Department of Solid Waste and Recycling |
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Private Citizen |
Karen Kohr, Volunteer on the Town of Mamaroneck’s environmental committee |
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Private Sector |
TOMRA New York Recycling (TNYR) |
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Education |
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) |
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Innovation |
Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority |
2019 |
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Mary Schwarz, Extension Support Specialist at Cornell Waste Management Institute, Ithaca |
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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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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 |
Jessica Schreiber, Executive Director at FABSCRAP, New York City |
2018 |
Lifetime Achievement |
Gus Ribeiro, Environmental Program Specialist at the NYSDEC, Albany |
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K-12 School |
Paul Scott, science teacher at Niskayuna High School, Niskayuna |
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Public Sector |
Gary Carrel, Solid Waste Recycling Specialist at Erie County Environment and Planning, Buffalo |
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Private Sector |
Maxwell Fuller, Director of Resident Dining at SUNY New Paltz |
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University |
Columbia University, Environmental Stewardship Office and Operations Department, NYC |
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Private Citizen |
Laurence Segal, "Cans For Cancer" program, Syracuse |
2017 |
Lifetime Achievement |
David Lupinski, recently retired Director of Recycling and Waste Reduction for the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority (OHSWA) |
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Team Award |
U-Sustain, the Sustainability Committee at Union College, Schenectady |
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Public Sector |
Gary Feinland, an Environmental Program Specialist at the state Department of Environmental Conservation |
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Citizen |
Anne Jaffe-Holmes, Director of Education & Sustainability at the Greenburgh Nature Center, Scarsdale |
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Private Sector |
Heather Coton, environmental manager at the Gideon Putnam Hotel, Saratoga Springs |
2016 |
Lifetime Achievement |
Sharon Driscoll, Recycling Coordinator, Madison County |
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Recycling Leadership Award |
Dan Lilkas-Rain, Recycling Coordinator, Town of Bethlehem |
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Citizen |
Joan and Vinnie Gallagher, Village of New Paltz |
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Youth |
Lilith Soechting, Sophia Fromson, Paige Baxter, Girl Scout Troop 251, Kingston and Ultser County |
2015 |
Lifetime Achievement |
Andrew Radin, Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency |
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Recycling Leadership Award |
Sue McIntyre, Delaware County Solid Waste |
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Private Sector |
Modern Recycling Corporation in Western NY |
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Public Sector |
Materials for the Arts, NYC |
2014 |
Lifetime Achievement |
Jim Zecca, Madison County Department of Solid Waste |
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Recycling Leadership Award |
Greg Gelewski, Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency |
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Citizen |
Joe Sullivan, Ft. Drum |
2013 |
Lifetime Achievement |
Jim Gilbert, Empire State Development’s Environmental Services Unit |
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Recycler of the Year |
Dianne Woske, Fulton County Department of Solid Waste |
2012 |
Lifetime Achievement |
Marjorie Torelli, Western Finger Lakes Solid Waste Management Authority |
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Recycler of the Year |
Peggy Grayson, Solid Waste Management Committee, GLOW Region |
2011 |
Lifetime, honorary member |
Meg Morris |
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Lifetime Achievement |
Neal Walters |
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Lifetime Achievement |
Lynn Leopold |
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Recycler of the Year |
Ken VanAlstine Sr. |
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Public |
ROTY-Team, Dave Lupinski & Jamie Tuttle |
2010 |
Lifetime Achievement |
Sharon Fisher |
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Recycler of the Year |
Peter Pettit |
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ROY-Team, Public |
Onondaga County Resource Recovery Association |
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ROY-Team, Private |
RockTenn Recycling |
2009 |
Recycler of the Year – Public Sector |
Resa Dimino, NYS DEC Albany |
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Recycler of the Year – Private Sector |
Jean Bonhotal, Cornell University, CWMI |
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Recycler of the Year – Team |
Waste Reduction and Recycling Team, Tompkins County |
2008 |
Recycler of the Year – Public Sector |
Brenda Grober, Empire State Development |
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Recycler of the Year – Private Sector |
Meg Morris, Covanta Energy |
2007 |
Recycler of the Year – Public Sector |
Terry Laibach, NYS DEC Region 3 |
2006 |
Lifetime Achievement |
Jerry Knoll, Recycling Coordinator, Town of Hamburg |
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Recycler of the Year – Public Sector |
Debbie Jackson, NYS DEC Albany |
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Recycler of the Year – Private Sector |
Tim Maloof, Interstate Refrigerant Recovery, Inc. |
2005 |
Lifetime Achievement |
Suzanne LaLonde, Recycling Coordinator, OCRRA |
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Recycler of the Year |
Mark Naef, Naef Recycling |
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Honorable Mention |
Jerry Knoll, Recycling Coordinator, Town of Hamburg |
2004 |
Recycler of the Year |
Gretchen Szuchs, Recycling Coordinator, Allegany County |
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Honorable Mention |
Ron Delo, Executive Director, SWM Rockland County |
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Honorable Mention |
Ted Osborne, Recycling Coordinator, Chautauqua County |
