News: Awards Received

Programs

• 2003 National Association of Counties Achievement Award, for "Behind the Scenes" course
• 2001 National Association of Counties Achievement Award, for "GPS Enhancement for Special Needs Collections"
• 2001 National Association of Counties Acts of Caring Award, received by our volunteer program

Composting Facility

• Solid Waste Association of North America
  • Excellence in Municipal Solid Waste Management, Waste Reduction, Recycling and Composting Division Silver Award, 2005

Recycling Center

• Solid Waste Association of North America
  • Waste Reduction, Recycling & Composting Division’s Recycling Systems Gold Excellence Award, 2007
• Solid Waste Processing Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • Facility Recognition Award in the Material Recovery Category, 2005
• Solid Waste Association of North America
  • Excellence in Municipal Solid Waste Management Gold Award, 2004
• National Recycling Coalition
  • Outstanding Market Development Award, 1999
• Maryland Recyclers Coalition
• Best Market Development Award, 1998
• Solid Waste Technologies
  • Overall Winner, Materials Recovery Facility Awards Program, 1994 and 1997

Resource Recovery Facility

• Solid Waste Association of North America
  • Excellence in Municipal Solid Waste Management, Waste-To-Energy Division Gold Award, 2005
• "Multiple Pathway Health Risk Assessment of a Municipal Waste Resource Recovery Facility in Maryland" (.pdf, 3.64MB), paper published in the Air & Waste Management Association's journal, "Environmental Management", August 2003. about PDF files
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Excellence in Waste-To-Energy Operations, 2000
• Solid Waste Association of North America
  • Excellence in Municipal Solid Waste Management, for Waste-To-Energy Division Gold Award, 1998
• American Association of Environmental Engineers
  • Excellence in Environmental Engineering Grand Prize for Operations/Management, 1998
• American Society of Civil Engineers
  • National Capital Section Outstanding Civil Engineering Project, 1997

Solid Waste Transfer Station

• Solid Waste Association of North America
  • Excellence in Municipal Solid Waste Management Gold Award for Collection & Transfer Category, 2003

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