RECYCLING EXCELLENCE AWARDS 1999-2015 1999 2000 Outstanding Public Service for the Betterment of Recycling Stuart Ireland, Mayor, City of Wyoming Don Shoultz, State Representative Iowa State University Best Public Education Campaign Young Environmentalists Best Youth Education Program Earth Pals Fox Kid s Club Campaign Bluestem Solid Waste Agency A-1 Disposal Service, Incorporated Scott Area Solid Waste Management Commission City of Cedar Falls Recycling Center Recycled Product Manufacturing Award Molded Fiber Technology, Clinton Gerald Petermeier Michael J. Barry John Deere Waterloo Works City of Traer Recycling Program and Cardboard Ban Best Public Education Campaign Jefferson Jr. High School/City of Dubuque Recycling Campaign LeMars Elementary Recycling Project Best Youth Education Program Community Schools/ Area Board of Realtors BioComposite Research Group, ISU Outstanding Public Service Award Paul Reimers Recycled Product Manufacturing Award Davenport Compost Facility Robert C. Hosier Chamness Technology, Inc., Blairsburg
2003 WasteWrap, DMC Regional Waste Commission, Burlington Rockwell Collins, Bluestem s Outreach Investment Program, Recycled Product Marketing Award Recycled 2 You, Burlington Anamosa State Penitentiary, Anamosa Brad Erlewine, VA Medical Center, Iowa City Shamrock Recycling, Emmetsburg 2004 Scattergood Friends School, West Branch Rural Iowa Waste Management Association, Eldora 2004 continued: Dubuque Metro Area Solid Waste Agency Taylor Recycling Facility of Iowa, LLC, Des Moines Mid-American Recycling, Des Moines Dr. Catherine Zeman, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls 2005 Iowa State University, Ames Metro Waste Authority, Des Moines West Liberty Foods, West Liberty Iowa DNR Compost Rebate Program, Des Moines Avant Ministries, Kansas City Paul Schultz, City of Dubuque Wells Manufacturing Corp., Centerville Polk County Recycling and Waste Reduction Program
2007 Project AWARE, Iowa DNR Rummage in the Ramp, City of Iowa City RRTTC and Green Project UNI, University of Northern Iowa 2008 continued: /Linn County Solid Waste Agency ChemStation, Des Moines Kristin Simon American Ordinance, LLC, Iowa Army Ammunition Plant, Middleton City of, Cart Recycling Program Murray J. Fox Award Standard Golf Company, Cedar Falls 2008 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Quad Cities Affiliate Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Des Moines Affiliate Rockwell Collins, Inc., 2009 Hy Capacity, Inc., Humboldt Mediapolis Community Schools Polaris Industries, Spirit Lake City of Des Moines Heritage Environmental Services Shelene Codner Volunteer of the Year Beverly Wagner University of Iowa Vermeer Corporation, Pella
2010 Quaker Oats, Recycling & Reuse Technology Transfer Center, UNI Whirlpool, Amana Division East Bremer Regional Recycling Authority, Tripoli Eco Iowa City Iowa Health System, West Des Moines Michelle Kincheloe IRA Volunteer of the Year Erin Novak 2011 Metro Waste Authority /Asphalt Shingles Recycling Program, Des Moines Drake University, Des Moines Overhead Door Company of and Iowa City, /Iowa City 2011 continued: Allsteel, Inc., Muscatine City of Solid Waste & Recycling Division / Organic Materials Collection Program, ECO Hawk, University of Iowa, Iowa City Johnson County Refuse, Incorporated, North Liberty 2012 Tom Wieseler, Coe College, /Campaign Summer of the Arts, Iowa City Preservation Station, Burlington Mason City Recycling Center Kirkwood Community College, Best Organization Recycling Program Green Consulting, Iowa City Winneshiek County Recycling Center, Decorah Marion Tire, Marion
2012 continued: American Packaging Corporation, Story City The ReWall Company, LLC, Des Moines 2013 Mercy Medical Center, Best Organization Recycling Program CCI Industries of DeWitt Van s Sanitation & Recycling, Le Mars Life Science Product Recycling Programs, EMD Millipore Corporation, Billerica, MA Plymouth County Solid Waste Agency, Le Mars Reusable Usables Creative Arts Center, Le Claire Closed Loop Recycling LLC, St. Louis, MO Brian Hoyer, Recycle Rite, Cedar Falls 2014 /Linn County Solid Waste Agency 2014 continued: Best School/Organizational Recycling Program Community School District Hy-Vee Stores, West Des Moines American Ordnance, Middleton Green RU, Blairsburg 2015 Bev Wagner /Campaign Cox Sanitation, North English Metro Hazardous Waste Drop-Off, Des Moines Best School/Organizational Recycling Program Hempstead High School, Green Vision Team Dubuque Williamsburg Manufacturing, Williamsburg Curries Co.. Mason City Murray J. Fox Greystone Logistics, Bettendorf