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Feature Article

Swana's 2004 Excellence Award Winners

Each year, SWANA presents its annual Excellence Awards at WASTECON, and here are those selected for special recognition this year at Phoenix. We at MSW Management wish to congratulate all the award winners for their dedication to providing superior service to the communities they serve.

Collection & Transfer Division

Collection System Award

  • Gold: City of Mesa Environmental Management Division (Mesa, AZ—Jennifer Means)
  • Silver: Navy Region, Mid-Atlantic (Norfolk, VA—Tony Kealy)
  • Bronze: City of Kissimmee—Public Works & Engineering—Sanitation Division (Kissimmee, FL—Richard Raffaelo)

Transfer Station Award

  • Gold: Metro Transfer Station, Metro Waste Authority (Des Moines, IA—Antoinette Bernich)
  • Bronze: AAA/BFI Transfer Station (Nashville, TN—Wayne Gill)

Communication, Education & Marketing Division

Communication Award

  • Gold: www.Trash4Kids.org—Solid Waste Agency of Lake County (Gurnee, IL—Victoria Wiedel)
  • Silver: www.NYCWasteless.org—New York City Department of Sanitation, Bureau of Waste Prevention, Reuse & Recycling (New York, NY—Robert Lange)

Public Education Award

  • Gold: Montgomery County Solid Waste District (Dayton, OH—Daniel Graeter)
  • Silver: Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA) (Chesapeake, VA—Felicia Blow)
  • Bronze: City of Phoenix America Recycles Day Team (Phoenix, AZ—Carolyn Bristo)

Marketing Award

  • Gold: Mecklenburg County Commercial Recycling Program (Charlotte, NC—Jerry Stall)
  • Silver: City of Plano Compost Marketing & Operations (Plano, TX—Nancy Nevil)
  • Bronze: Southeastern Public Service Authority (Chesapeake, VA—Felicia Blow)

Landfill Management Division

Landfill Management Award

  • Gold: New River Regional Landfill (Raiford, FL—Darrell O'Neal)
  • Silver: Seminole County Solid Waste Management (Longwood, FL—Coleen Puglisi)
  • Bronze: Charles City (Charles City, VA—John Miniclier)

Planning & Management Division

Solid Waste Management System Award

  • Gold: City of Nashua Department of Public Works (Nashua, NH—Richard Reine)
  • Silver: Saipan Integrated Solid Waste Management Systems—Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan, MP—Steve Hiney)
  • Bronze: Navy Whidbey Solid Waste Management Division (Oak Harbor, WA—Paul Brewer)

Special Waste Division

Special Waste Award

  • Gold: Crow Wing County Solid Waste Department (Brainerd, MN—Doug Morris)
  • Silver: City of Hamilton—Waste Management Division (Hamilton, Ontario—Emil Prpic)
  • Bronze: Household Hazardous Waste Facility Metro Public Works, Division of Waste Management (Nashville, TN—Chase Anderson)

Waste Reduction, Recycling & Composting Division

Composting Award

  • Gold: Maui EKO Systems/Pacific Biodiesel (Wailuku, Maui, HI—John D. Harder)
  • Silver: Baltimore City Composting Facility (Baltimore, MD—Robin Davidov)
  • Bronze: City of San Diego, Environmental Services Department (San Diego, CA—Stephen Grealy)
  • High Honorable Mention: Rapid City CoComposting Facility (Rapid City, SD—Bryan Vulcan)

Recycling Award

  • Gold: Montgomery County Recycling Center (Derwood, MD—Tom Kusterer)
  • Silver: Empresa Del Valenciano Inc. (ERV Inc.) (Juncos, Puerto Rico—Miguel Ray)
  • Bronze: City of University City Department of Public Works (University City, MO—Evelyn Shields-Benford)

Waste-to-Energy Division

Waste-to-Energy Award

  • Gold: Montenay York Resource Energy Systems LLC (York, PA—Edward Salsbury)
  • Silver: American Ref-Fuel Company of Hempstead (Westbury, NY—Steve Bossotti)
  • Bronze: Covanta Alexandria/Arlington Inc. (Alexandria, VA—Tom Reardon)

MSW - September/October 2004

 

 

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