Awardees

 

Year

Award

Awardee

2022

Lifetime Achievement 

Citizen 

Public Sector 

Private Sector 

Educational Institution

Debby Lee Cohen, Executive Director and Founder of New York City based Cafeteria Culture

Janice Lewandusky, Eastern Rensselaer County Community Warehouse 

Michael Garland, The Monroe County Recycling Center and Waste Management 

Lauren Sweeney, founder of DeliverZero

Kate Spector, Oswego County Division of Solid Waste

2021

Lifetime Achievement

Lifetime Achievement

Public Sector

Private Sector


K-12 School

Innovation

Diane Cohen, Executive Director at the Recycling and Materials Management Division, Tompkins County

John Wackman, Organizer of Repair Cafe, Hudson Valley

Steve Hannon, Product Manager of Triad Recycling, Tonawanda

Andrew Goldstein, Recycling and Compost Specialist of the Department of Environment and Planning, Erie County

John Miola, Classroom Teacher and Green Team Creator at P721K, Brooklyn

Jackie Junttonen, Senior Outreach Coordinator of GrowNYC Zero Waste Schools, New York City

2020

Lifetime Achievement

Private Citizen

Public Sector


Private Sector


Education

Innovation

Karen Sullivan, Otsego County Department of Solid Waste and Recycling

Karen Khor, Volunteer on the Town of Mamaroneck’s environmental committee

TOMRA New York Recycling (TNYR) 

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF)

Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority

 

2019


Lifetime Achievement

Private Citizen

Public Sector


Private Sector


K-12 School

Innovation

Mary Schwarz, Extension Support Specialist at Cornell Waste Management Institute, Ithaca

Martha Clarvoe, Citizen, Cooperstown

Carla Jordan, Director of Ontario County Department of Sustainability & Solid Waste Management, Ontario County

Meredith Danberg-Ficarelli, President of Common Ground Compost, New York City

Barb Reese, Seneca Falls Central School District, Seneca Falls

Jessica Schreiber, Executive Director at FABSCRAP, New York City

2019

Private Citizen

Martha Clarvoe, Citizen, Cooperstown

 

Public Sector

Carla Jordan, Director of Ontario County Department of Sustainability & Solid Waste Management, Ontario County

 

Private Sector

Meredith Danberg-Ficarelli, President of Common Ground Compost, New York City

 

K-12 School

Barb Reese, Seneca Falls Central School District, Seneca Falls

 

Innovation

Barb Reese, Seneca Falls Central School District, Seneca Falls

2018

Lifetime Achievement


Recycling Leadership, K-12 School


Recycling Leadership, Public Sector

Recycling Leadership, Private Sector

Recycling Leadership, University

Citizen Recycling Leadership Award

Gus Ribeiro, Environmental Program Specialist at the NYSDEC, Albany

Paul Scott, science teacher at Niskayuna High School, Niskayuna

Gary Carrel, Solid Waste Recycling Specialist at Erie County Environment and Planning, Buffalo

Maxwell Fuller, Director of Resident Dining at SUNY New Paltz

Columbia University, Environmental Stewardship Office and Operations Department, NYC

Laurence Segal, "Cans For Cancer" program, Syracuse

2017

Team Award for Recycling Leadership


Lifetime Achievement


Recycling Leadership, Public Sector


Citizen Recycling Leadership Award


Recycling Leadership, Private Sector

U-Sustain, the Sustainability Committee at Union College, Schenectady

David Lupinski, recently retired Director of Recycling and Waste Reduction for the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority (OHSWA)

Gary Feinland, an Environmental Program Specialist at the state Department of Environmental Conservation

Anne Jaffe-Holmes, Director of Education & Sustainability at the Greenburgh Nature Center, Scarsdale

Heather Coton, environmental manager at the Gideon Putnam Hotel, Saratoga Springs

2016

Recycling Leadership Award

Recycling Leadership, Citizen

Recycling Leadership, Youth

Lifetime Achievement

Dan Lilkas-Rain, Recycling Coordinator, Town of Bethlehem

Joan and Vinnie Gallagher, Village of New Paltz 

Lilith Soechting, Sophia Fromson, Paige Baxter, Girl Scout Troop 251, Kingston and Ultser County

Sharon Driscoll, Recycling Coordinator, Madison County 

2015

Recycling Leadership Award

Recycling Leadership, Private Sector

Recycling Leadership, Public Sector

Lifetime Achievement

Sue McIntyre, Delaware County Solid Waste

Modern Recycling Corporation in Western NY

Materials for the Arts, NYC

Andrew Radin, Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency

2014

Recycling Leadership Award

Citizen Recycling Leadership Award

Lifetime Achievement

Greg Gelewski, Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency

Joe Sullivan, Ft. Drum

Jim Zecca, Madison County Department of Solid Waste

2013

Recycler of the Year


Lifetime Achievement

Dianne Woske, Fulton County Department of Solid Waste

Jim Gilbert, Empire State Development’s Environmental Services Unit

2012

Recycler of the Year


Lifetime Achievement

Peggy Grayson, Solid Waste Management Committee, GLOW Region

Marjorie Torelli, Western Finger Lakes Solid Waste Management Authority

2011

Recycler of the Year

ROTY-Team, Public

Lifetime Achievement

Lifetime Achievement

Lifetime, honorary member

Ken VanAlstine Sr.

Dave Lupinski & Jamie Tuttle

Neal Walters

Lynn Leopold

Meg Morris

2010

Recycler of the Year

ROY-Team, Public

ROY-Team, Private

Lifetime Achievement

Peter Pettit

Onondaga County Resource Recovery Association

RockTenn Recycling

Sharon Fisher

2009

Recycler of the Year – Public Sector

Recycler of the Year – Private Sector

Recycler of the Year – Team

Resa Dimino, NYS DEC Albany


Jean Bonhotal, Cornell University, CWMI

Waste Reduction and Recycling Team, Tompkins County

2008

Recycler of the Year – Public Sector

Recycler of the Year – Private Sector

Brenda Grober, Empire State Development


Meg Morris, Covanta Energy

2007

Recycler of the Year – Public Sector

Terry Laibach, NYS DEC Region 3

2006

Lifetime Achievement

Recycler of the Year – Public Sector

Recycler of the Year – Private Sector

Jerry Knoll, Recycling Coordinator, Town of Hamburg

Debbie Jackson, NYS DEC Albany


Tim Maloof, Interstate Refrigerant Recovery, Inc.

2005

Lifetime Achievement

Recycler of the Year

Honorable Mention

Suzanne LaLonde, Recycling Coordinator, OCRRA

Mark Naef, Naef Recycling

Jerry Knoll, Recycling Coordinator, Town of Hamburg

2004

Recycler of the Year


Honorable Mention

Honorable Mention

Gretchen Szuchs, Recycling Coordinator, Allegany County

Ron Delo, Executive Director, SWM Rockland County

Ted Osborne, Recycling Coordinator, Chautauqua County