SWANA Announces 2009 Excellence Award Winners
By
SWANA Solid Waste Association of North America
SILVER SPRING, Md.-SWANA is pleased to announce the
winners of the 2009 Excellence Awards. The Excellence Awards program was
designed to recognize facilities, operations and programs that are committed to
environmentally and economically sound management of solid waste, and also to
encourage innovation.
Submittals for each of the 13 Excellence Award categories
are evaluated based upon a distinct set of criteria established by the Awards
Committees for each of SWANA's seven technical divisions. The level of
recognition (gold, silver and bronze) is determined by the applicant's
cumulative score based on these criteria.
"These Excellence Award winners represent the most
innovative, professional solid waste management operations in North America",
said John H. Skinner, Ph.D., SWANA Executive Director and CEO. "The communities that they serve should
be very proud of their outstanding accomplishments," Skinner added.
The award winners by category:
Collection Systems
Gold - Abington Township, Variable Rate Automated
Collection Program, PA
Transfer Station
Gold - Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority
Transfer Complex, PA Silver - Palm Beach County Central County Waste Transfer
Station, FL Bronze - Montgomery County South Solid Waste Transfer Station,
OH
Public Education
Gold - Regional Municipality of Durham Waste Fair, ON
Silver - City of Hamilton Central Composting Facility "Learning Room", ON Bronze
- North Shore Recycling Program, "Mission: Zero Waste", BC
Marketing
Gold - Santa Barbara County Green Waste Awareness
Campaign, CA Silver - Halton Region, More Blue and Green for a Better Planet, ON
Bronze - Simcoe County, "Be a Hero: Fight Garbage" Campaign, ON
Landfill Management
Gold - Escambia County Department of Solid Waste
Management, Perdido Landfill, FL Silver - Laurens County Solid Waste Management
Authority, Old Macon Road Landfill, GA
Landfill Reuse
Gold - Palm Beach County, Lantana Road Landfill/Park Ridge
Golf Course, FL
Landfill Gas Control
Bronze - Fairfax County I-66 Sanitary Landfill, VA
Landfill Gas Utilization
Gold - City of Hamilton Glanbrook Landfill Gas-to-Energy
Facility, ON Silver - City of Sioux Falls Landfill Gas Pipeline, SD Bronze -
Granger Electric of South Jordan, Trans-Jordan Generating Facility, UT
Waste-to-Energy
Gold - Lee County Resource Recovery Facility, FL Silver -
Palm Beach County North County Resource Recovery Facility, FL Bronze - Tampa
McKay Bay Refuse-to-Energy Facility, FL
Solid Waste Management Systems
Gold - City of Long Beach, Integrated Waste Management
Program, CA Silver - Region of Durham, Long Term Waste Management Strategic
Plan, ON Bronze - Region of Halton, Solid Waste Management Strategy, ON
Special Waste
Gold - Collier County Solid Waste Management Department
Special Waste Collection, FL Silver - Lake Michigan District Household Hazardous
Waste Program, IN Bronze - Pulaski County Regional Solid Waste Management
District, Free Sharps Container Program, AR
Composting Systems
Gold - Regional Municipality of Durham and Miller Waste
Composting Program, ON Silver - Camarero Racetrack Composting Center, PR Bronze
- Frederick County Division of Utilities and Solid Waste Management, Natural
Wood Waste Recycling Pad, MD
Recycling Systems
Gold - City of San Jose GreenWaste Recovery Apartment/MFD
Recycling, CA Silver - Maryland Recycling Center, Montgomery County, MD Bronze -
City of Hamilton Waste Management Division Materials Recycling Facility, ON
Innovation Award Winner - Solid Waste Authority of Central
Ohio & FirmGreen Inc., Green Energy Center, OH
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The winners will be recognized at WASTECON 2009 in Long
Beach, California, during SWANA's Annual Awards Luncheon on Thursday, September
24, 2009.
July 24, 2009
SWANA Announces 2009 Excellence Award Winners
By
SWANA Solid Waste Association of North America
SILVER SPRING, Md.-SWANA is pleased to announce the
winners of the 2009 Excellence Awards. The Excellence Awards program was
designed to recognize facilities, operations and programs that are committed to
environmentally and economically sound management of solid waste, and also to
encourage innovation.
Submittals for each of the 13 Excellence Award categories
are evaluated based upon a distinct set of criteria established by the Awards
Committees for each of SWANA's seven technical divisions. The level of
recognition (gold, silver and bronze) is determined by the applicant's
cumulative score based on these criteria.
"These Excellence Award winners represent the most
innovative, professional solid waste management operations in North America",
said John H. Skinner, Ph.D., SWANA Executive Director and CEO. "The communities that they serve should
be very proud of their outstanding accomplishments," Skinner added.
The award winners by category:
Collection Systems
Gold - Abington Township, Variable Rate Automated
Collection Program, PA
Transfer Station
Gold - Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority
Transfer Complex, PA Silver - Palm Beach County Central County Waste Transfer
Station, FL Bronze - Montgomery County South Solid Waste Transfer Station,
OH
Public Education
Gold - Regional Municipality of Durham Waste Fair, ON
Silver - City of Hamilton Central Composting Facility "Learning Room", ON Bronze
- North Shore Recycling Program, "Mission: Zero Waste", BC
Marketing
Gold - Santa Barbara County Green Waste Awareness
Campaign, CA Silver - Halton Region, More Blue and Green for a Better Planet, ON
Bronze - Simcoe County, "Be a Hero: Fight Garbage" Campaign, ON
Landfill Management
Gold - Escambia County Department of Solid Waste
Management, Perdido Landfill, FL Silver - Laurens County Solid Waste Management
Authority, Old Macon Road Landfill, GA
Landfill Reuse
Gold - Palm Beach County, Lantana Road Landfill/Park Ridge
Golf Course, FL
Landfill Gas Control
Bronze - Fairfax County I-66 Sanitary Landfill, VA
Landfill Gas Utilization
Gold - City of Hamilton Glanbrook Landfill Gas-to-Energy
Facility, ON Silver - City of Sioux Falls Landfill Gas Pipeline, SD Bronze -
Granger Electric of South Jordan, Trans-Jordan Generating Facility, UT
Waste-to-Energy
Gold - Lee County Resource Recovery Facility, FL Silver -
Palm Beach County North County Resource Recovery Facility, FL Bronze - Tampa
McKay Bay Refuse-to-Energy Facility, FL
Solid Waste Management Systems
Gold - City of Long Beach, Integrated Waste Management
Program, CA Silver - Region of Durham, Long Term Waste Management Strategic
Plan, ON Bronze - Region of Halton, Solid Waste Management Strategy, ON
Special Waste
Gold - Collier County Solid Waste Management Department
Special Waste Collection, FL Silver - Lake Michigan District Household Hazardous
Waste Program, IN Bronze - Pulaski County Regional Solid Waste Management
District, Free Sharps Container Program, AR
Composting Systems
Gold - Regional Municipality of Durham and Miller Waste
Composting Program, ON Silver - Camarero Racetrack Composting Center, PR Bronze
- Frederick County Division of Utilities and Solid Waste Management, Natural
Wood Waste Recycling Pad, MD
Recycling Systems
Gold - City of San Jose GreenWaste Recovery Apartment/MFD
Recycling, CA Silver - Maryland Recycling Center, Montgomery County, MD Bronze -
City of Hamilton Waste Management Division Materials Recycling Facility, ON
Innovation Award Winner - Solid Waste Authority of Central
Ohio & FirmGreen Inc., Green Energy Center, OH
The winners will be recognized at WASTECON 2009 in Long
Beach, California, during SWANA's Annual Awards Luncheon on Thursday, September
24, 2009.