SWANA's 2005 Excellence Award Winners

Each year, SWANA presents its annual Excellence Awards at WASTECON, so here are those selected for special recognition this year at Austin. 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: Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority (Pennsylvania—David Terrill)
• Silver: City of University City—Department of Public Works (Missouri—Evelyn Shields-Benford)

Transfer Station Award
• Gold: Waste Management of Arizona—San Tan Transfer Station Arizona—Vincent Murphy)
• Silver: Addison County Solid Waste Management District (Vermont—Teresa Kuczynski)
• Bronze: Greater Vancouver Regional District & Wasteach Services LTD (British Columbia, Canada—Russ Black)

Communication, Education & Marketing Division

Communication Award
• Gold: City of Tacoma Solid Waste Management (Washington—Michelle Warmuth)
• Silver: City of Plano—Environmental Waste Services (Texas—Nancy Nevil)
• Bronze: City of Newport News—Department of Public Works (Virginia—Dori Brown)

Public Education Award
• Gold: Delaware Solid Waste Authority
• Silver: Journey Through the MRF Educational Program—Central Virginia Waste Management Authority (Virginia—Kelly Hope)
• Bronze: Region of Durham Works Department (Ontario, Canada—Peter Watson)

Marketing Award
• Silver: Southeastern Public Service Authority (Virginia—Felicia Blow)
• Bronze: City of San Diego Environmental Services Department (California—Jennifer Ott)

Landfill Management Award
• Gold: Waste Management’s Outer Loop Recycling & Disposal Facility (Kentucky—Rick Barr)
• Silver: Capital Regional District—Hartland Landfill (British Columbia, Canada—Chris Riddell)
• Bronze: King County Solid Waste Division (Washington—Theresa Jennings)
  Landfill Gas Division:

Landfill Gas Control Award
• Gold: King County Solid Waste Division—Cedar Hills Landfill (Washington—Theresa Jennings)
• Bronze: Grand Central Sanitary Landfill (Pennsylvania—Scott Perin)

Landfill Gas Utilization Award
• Gold: H2Gro—Innovative Energy Solutions—Modern Landfill (Peter Zeliff)
• Bronze: Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (California—Ed Wheless)
  

Special Waste Division

Special Waste Management Award
• Gold: Pinellas County Department of Solid Waste Operations (Florida—Warren Smith)
• Silver: City of Hamilton—Waste Management Division (Ontario—Emil Prpic)
• Bronze: King County Solid Waste Division (Washington—Theresa Jennings)
  Planning & Management:

Planning & Management Division

Solid Waste Management Systems Award
• Gold: Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority (Pennsylvania—David Terrill)
• Silver: Dalton-Whitfield Regional Solid Waste Authority (Georgia—Bridget Sanford)
• Bronze (TIE): Clinton County Solid Waste Authority (Pennsylvania—Jay Alexander)
  County of Hanover (Virginia—Steve Chidsey)

Waste Reduction, Recycling & Composting Division

Composting Systems Award
• Gold: Abington Township— Montgomery County (Pennsylvania—Ed Micciolo)
• Silver: Montgomery County Yard Trim Compost Facility (Maryland—Godfrey Ampadu)
• Bronze: Rapid City—Cocomposting Facility (South Dakota —Bryan Vulcan)

Recycling Systems Award
• Gold: Ocean County—Department of Solid Waste Management (New Jersey—John Haas)
• Silver: City of Los Angeles—Department of Public Works—Solid Resources Citywide Recycling Division (California—TJ Knight)
  Waste-to-Energy:

Waste-to-Energy Award
• Gold: Montgomery County Resource Recovery Facility (Maryland—Joe LaDana)
• Silver: Montenay Bay LLC (Florida—Kenneth Caine)
• Bronze: Great River Energy, Elk River Station (Minnesota—Wayne Hanson)

MSW - September/October 2005